Jay Newton-Small wonders why there isn’t more interest in commemorating the War of 1812: But even though the ... the U.S. had in the entire war came after the formal peace had already been ...

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

The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers — but nothing ...

Gerri Eisenhauer's father, Army Pvt. William Walters, was shipped off to World War II before she was even born. In 1944, her ...

When Martha Ballard began her diary in 1785, the Revolutionary War ... in 1812, the United States, now organized under a central, constitutional government, had a population of 10 million people.

The incarceration of Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans during and after World War II ensnared citizens and ...

During the War of 1812, hundreds ... that around 80 enslaved people from Cumberland who had remained on the island as workers or soldiers were returned to Shaw and other owners. Simmons, who had known ...

The White House, one of the most iconic buildings worldwide, has served as the official residence and workplace of the US ...

Unexploded ordnance makes the terror of war linger after the wars themselves are in the history books. This article ...

Looking back at how Surrey and its soldiers greeted the end of the First World War ahead of this years' Remembrance Day ...

That resentment led many Sauk people to side with the British during the War of 1812. In 1828 ... The next year, after a particularly harsh winter, Black Hawk led 400 warriors and their families ...

It has been more than a year of war and violence since ... Just moments after they left the area, an airstrike hit, reportedly killing two people and wounding two more. This was the third near ...