America went to war against Great Britain to assert its rights as an independent, sovereign nation, and to attempt the ...

Who really did win the war of 1812 This war has been called a lot of names a strange war a senseless war even a silly war But it changed the course of our history and helped create Canada It is an ...

Jay Newton-Small wonders why there isn’t more interest in commemorating the War of 1812: But even though the U.S. won it [bold mine-DL], the War of 1812 seems to be the buck-toothed stepsister ...

Named one of the 20 Notable Naval Books of 2011 in the US Naval Institute Proceedings Magazine, May 2012. The War of 1812 between Britain and the United States was fought on many fronts: single ship ...

Andrew Jackson had a long history with the Indians. During the War of 1812, he led militia forces in a war against Creek ...

The War of 1812 raged in the backdrop ... In November, Jackson destroyed the village of Tallushatchee, and a week later, won a battle at Talladega, killing an estimated one-third of the assembled ...

Madison won an easy victory to succeed Jefferson in 1808. The war against Britain was declared in 1812 and the state of war surely contributed to his re-election. The public viewed the results of ...

During the War of 1812, hundreds of enslaved African Americans gained their freedom on Cumberland Island by joining the ranks of the British occupier. For some, liberation was fleeting. Ned Simmons ...

The Museum features special areas for each era of American History, Weatherford said, including the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War ... on Veterans Day from noon to 4 p.m.

He led the first battle in which Ulysses S. grant took heroic action — and did a poor job of it. But seasoned war veteran Zachary Taylor emerged from the Mexican War a hero, and won election ...

It was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812. The stanzas recount the ... They didn’t know until they saw the flag that we’d won, so this is the genesis of the poem.

The Suzi Bass Awards drum up excitement in the Atlanta professional theater community every fall, with nominees waiting for ...