A Black War of 1812 veteran who has been denied a traditional military honor due to protocols dating to the slavery era will be memorialized in a Frederick cemetery this weekend, though not by the ...

The War of 1812 is an often overlooked war in comparison to other conflicts in American history, but it was still an important one with numerous causes. The war, fought between the United States and ...

A Black man who served in the Maryland State Militia during the War of 1812 and was long denied the military recognition most soldiers in his situation were granted has been declared a veteran of the ...

Samuel Neale lies in rest just down the street from where he lived for decades, a longtime resident of Frederick and Black veteran of the War of 1812. Neale was honored Saturday with the dedication of ...

ON 24 August 1812, Washington, D.C., was invaded and destroyed by the British. It was our sovereignty’s first invasion but not the last. The War of 1812 would leave an indelible imprint on the United ...

On this date in history: In 1812, the United States declared war on Britain, beginning the War of 1812. In 1815, England's Duke of Wellington and Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard von Blucher defeated ...

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - More than 170 years after his death, a hero in the War of 1812 was reinterred in the nation’s capital Saturday. Former Commanding General of the U.S. Army, Alexander Macomb, was ...

Often remembered as a draw, the War of 1812’s outcome depends on perspective. For the United States, surviving the conflict against the British Empire—then the world’s dominant naval power—was seen as ...

Members of the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution gathered in Oak Grove Cemetery on Monday to mark what may be the ...

Kira Rudik’s perspective on the war in Ukraine is reminiscent of the War of 1812 (“Ukraine Renews Its Independence,” op-ed, Aug. 24). Thirty-six years after our Declaration of Independence, England ...