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Residents of Gales Ferry, Connecticut, are worried that Mount Decatur, a historic site from the War of 1812, could be wiped from the history book. A developer, Cashman Inc., wants to get zoning ...
Built on Wisconsin Territory After the War of 1812. PROTECION. AGAINST THE INDIANS Howard, Crawford, and Winnebago Were Their Names -- Soldiers of Reputation Who Commanded Them.
Declassified photos taken by Cold War-era spy satellites have revealed hundreds of previously unknown Roman-era forts, in what is now Iraq and Syria, a new study found.
It was an unprecedented achievement. But nearly a century later, mapping Poidebard’s forts to satellite photos was challenging. Because his map wasn’t large-scale, it contained numerous ...
Some Americans began celebrating the very same year, though the practice wouldn’t become widespread until the aftermath of the War of 1812. Congress finally passed a bill making Independence Day ...
A Black man who served in the Maryland State Militia during the War of 1812 and was long denied the military recognition most soldiers in his situation were granted has been declared a veteran of t… ...
At this time, 211 years ago, our area was on the frontlines of the United States’ second conflict with Great Britain, which would come to be known as the War of 1812.