1,000 re-enactors participate in Mississinewa event The re-enactment is in its 25th year The event continues through Sunday MARION, Ind. -- Smoke from campfires wafts among the sycamores lining the ...

MONTGOMERY -- The last battle of the War of 1812 wasn't the Battle of New Orleans, at which U.S. troops led by Andrew Jackson defeated British troops on Jan. 8, 1815. Instead, the last battle of the ...

Central New York -- As 2012 begins, New York state and Central New York organizations are gearing up to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. Oswego County played a central role in the ...

Two hundred years ago this June, the still-new nation of the United States reopened hostilities against its bothersome British adversaries, and the War of 1812 began its long march into Canadian ...

As the year 1813 began, the War of 1812 was still in its early stage. Britain was occupied with European matters and could not send any sizable land or naval forces to the conflict in North America.

It was a week of remembrance and enlightenment at the Editorial Department History Desk. On Friday, the Desk paused to remember the brave young Americans who at dawn 70 years earlier stormed onto the ...

The War of 1812 saw the last foreign invasion on Canadian soil. Ironically, its commemoration has become a battleground in Canada. The arrival of the war's bicentennial has ushered in a national ...

Two hundred years ago, the United States declared war on England, bringing conflict, raids and plundering to the shores of Southern Maryland. The largest naval battle of the Chesapeake Bay was fought ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Sept. 4, 2014) -- The Americans needed a victory after the humiliation at Bladensburg, Maryland, and the burning of the Capitol. They didn't have to wait long. The ...

These days, it’s hard to think of a veteran who could have served from World War II, Korea and Vietnam. It’s happened, of course, but imagine a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War fighting ...

Vancouver-based artist and author Douglas Coupland hopes his new military monument will help stop what he calls a "creeping revisionism" of the War of 1812. Douglas Coupland's Monument to the War of ...

Demand for militaria is growing. War of 1812 artifacts continue to appear on the market, deriving from various sources. You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have ...