Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the Louisiana port city in the last standoff of the War of 1812 ...

Fort Morgan Historic Site near Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Alabama offers great tours, the ability to wander through a ...

There was a time when the Canada-U.S. relationship and the possibility of annexation was deadly serious, at least in part because the United States has actually invaded Canada — or at least the land ...

Tennessee became known as the "Volunteer State" during the War of 1812, according to the ... just like the ones that volunteered in the Tennessee militia in 1812, 1835 and again in 1848.

Valcour Island is located in Lake Champlain on the New York-Vermont border ... During the Revolutionary War it was the site of a naval battle between American and British forces.

It was a British prisoner of war’s hand-drawn ... during the War of 1812. It turned out that an ancestor of the home’s owner had been an officer in the Vermont militia and had gotten the ...

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 began life in a small New York ... from part eight of Tolstoy’s famously mammoth novel War and Peace with the simplicity of kids singing round a campfire.

But the June 1812 vote to go to ... the Americans only 13. The military triumph restored U.S. pride, and Jackson was hailed as a national hero. What was the war's legacy? Everyone declared victory.

Twenty-four current units of the Army National Guard perpetuate the lineages of militia units mustered into federal service during the War of 1812. Militia units from nine states that were part of the ...

Discover the fascinating landmarks of Ohio, from the Ohio State Reformatory to the world's largest functional cuckoo clock in ...

Russia is desperate for new soldiers to carry on its brutal war in Ukraine. In a remarkable development, the country has devised a kind of “get out of jail free” card in a bid to hoover up new ...