WASHINGTON — For a piece of history that gave us the rockets’ red glare and bombs bursting in air, the War of 1812 tends to evoke a collective “Huh?” on the U.S. side of the border with Canada. “The ...

The War of 1812 was a major conflict between the United States and Great Britain for control of the Northern Frontier. Often ...

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 ...

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 ...

Grab your fife and drum because your next four weekends are booked solid with historical reenactments, fireworks and 19th-century-themed festivals commemorating the War of 1812. For people living in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Selling the burning of Washington to Washingtonians turns out to be not so easy. This summer marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. Why, one might ask, is a war that began in Canada in 1812 ...

The War of 1812 in Michigan would decide who controlled the Northwestern Frontier. The frontier was a gateway to further western expansion; a Great Lakes highway to natural resources; and a military ...

It’s only natural that the War of 1812 should be on President Donald Trump’s mind. It was during that conflict between an infant United States and its former colonial master Great Britain that Francis ...