The War of 1812, despite not even having a decent name, is, like, the best war ever. Not a ton of people died, an important principle (American sovereignty) was at stake, and the outcome was good ...

Trace the Mormons' path from New York to Utah Territory using this map. "In the 1820s and 1830s ... in the summer of 1848. The Mexican-American War has ended and the settlement is now United ...

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.

The War 1812 is a two-hour film history of a deeply significant event in North American and world history ... or decisions gone a different way, a map of the United States today would look ...

Here's Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Alan Taylor's account of the looting, from his book The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels & Indian Allies: York’s ...

The event honors the American troops that confronted a larger British army attempting to take control of the village of ...

Stretching 126 miles (202 km) between Ottawa and Lake Ontario, the Rideau Canal is one of Canada’s most popular national ...

Ukrainian troops have made advances in the Kursk region, according to reports following accounts that Moscow was starting to ...

Every year the city of Plattsburgh commemorates a turning point in the War of 1812 with a weekend festival dedicated to bringing history alive.

Fort Sumter National Historical Park, South Carolina Site of the first shots of the American Civil War, Fort Sumter is a fantastic place to start your journey to learning about the war. The fort was ...

When World War I ended in 1918, the winners, principally Britain and France (for the US electorate had decisively rejected ...

American Francis Scott Key awoke on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814, to find that "our flag was still there" after horrific 25-hour British naval bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore.