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

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

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.

Discover local connections to history at the 26th annual commemoration of the Battle of Plattsburgh! On September 11, 1814 a ...

This two-volume study of the Anglo-American war of 1812 was first published in 1905. Mahan examines the causes of the conflict, arguing that its roots went back to the seventeenth century. Although ...

A scene of conflict that was lost to the ages has been unearthed, assembling an indigenous perspective on events at the very ...

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

One of the loop towns is Salisbury, Missouri, where Melanie Sparr and Sean McMurtrey reside. Three years ago, while living in Utah they visited Salisbury to check out the 1898 Brummall House Bed and ...

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.

Three of the oldest pre-date the War of 1812, during which many of the structures ... Henry and his son Robert Nelles fought for the British during the American Revolution, and grew close with ...

For cruisers in the Mid-Atlantic states who don’t want to take a plane before embarking on their itinerary, the cruise ...

The Cold War was a lopsided contest ... independence of its North American colony irritated Britain sufficiently for it to attempt two wars (1775–83 and 1812–15) to stop that movement.