Rockport residents have a history of fighting off invaders, but not this time. During the War of 1812, townsfolk in the tiny ...

On May 16, 1813, the War of 1812 reached Maryland when the British Navy entered the Patapsco River. After burning ...

“Bang,” one of the men says. After a second mock volley, the re-enactors retire to the parking lot of one of the bloodiest battlefields of the War of 1812. On this ground, hundreds of U.S ...

For people like me, who have got their flags and wars mixed up, I think it should be pointed out that there may have been only one War of 1812, but there are four distinct versions of it—the ...

For decades, the Canadian Regiment of Fencible Infantry has crossed the border to work with American re-enactors to commemorate important historical battles in North American history. But in the wake ...

UTICA, N.Y., Aug. 22. -- Hiram Cronk, the only soldier of the War of 1812 now upon the Government pension rolls, is dying at his home in Bunbrook, this county. Cronk is in his 103d year ...

With the war only a few months old, the entire Michigan territory had fallen into British hands. Yes — strangely enough, at sea. In 1812 and 1813, the tiny U.S. Navy bested the supposedly ...

Arkansas State USD1812 Vice President Kimberley Stout addresses the 133rd Associate Council of the National Society United ...