OLIVIA HEWITT FOR THE HOYA Panelists discussed the War of 1812’s effect on Georgetown at an event Tuesday evening. In honor of the bicentennial of the War of 1812, the Georgetown University Library ...

The thunders of exploding bombs recently interrupted my night, a morose testament to Russia’s nocturnal attacks on Ukraine, which have become a defining feature of the Russo-Ukrainian war. These ...

Test your knowledge of 'The Star-Spangled Banner'! This quiz covers the U.S. National Anthem's history, composer Francis ...

And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.” — Francis Scott Key, September 1814, Flag at Fort McHenry By Jacquelin Carnegie - ...

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The U.S. declaration of war against Great Britain in 1812 capped off years of tensions, in part over seizures of American ships and sailors as Britain fought a string of wars with France.

But then we had the War of 1812. The War of 1848. And of course, the American Civil War, where 700,000 Americans died trying to abolish slavery, and some trying to perpetuate it.

In August 1945, John K. Bremyer undertook a 124-hour, 9,000-mile journey to Tokyo Bay, where he delivered the flag flown by Commodore Matthew Perry in 1853 to Admiral William Halsey's USS "Missouri" ...

A Black War of 1812 veteran who has been denied a traditional military honor will be memorialized in a Frederick cemetery this weekend, Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 73°F.

After witnessing a crucial episode of the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that, set to the melody of an ...

After the war, Jackson moved to Tennessee and conducted a political career, but by 1812, he was back in the military. Jackson actually spent most of the War of 1812 fighting not the British, but ...