This year marks the 200 th anniversary of the War of 1812, one of whose epic battles inspired the United States national anthem. Although war—which featured the U.S. invasion of Ontario and 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 ...

The War of 1812 is often remembered as a conflict without a clear winner, yet its consequences tell a far more complex story.

“The War of 1812” is an easy handle for students who struggle with dates. But the name is a misnomer that makes the conflict sound like a mere wisp of a war that began and ended the same year. In ...

Good reading for the bicentennial. The United States entered the war with a very small naval force made up of only twenty frigates, sloops, and brigs, seven of which were undergoing repairs. These ...

Baseline-Meridian Chapter, United States Daughters of 1812 (U.S.D. 1812) and the Arkansas Society War of 1812 (GSW 1812) dedicated and placed a War of 1812 marker at the grave of Capt. Benjamin ...

(Getty Images) There are good reasons why the War of 1812 is largely a forgotten conflict; a cursory review of the war’s events reveals a slew of disasters for the infant republic—militarily, ...

The War of 1812, sometimes referred to by historians as “the second War for Independence” between the United States and Great Britain, broke out in June, 1812, after more than two decades of a ...

OTTAWA -- The War of 1812 may be one of the world's oddest conflicts, if only because both sides are confident they won. A new survey suggests Canadians and Americans have vastly divergent attitudes ...

Baseline-Meridian Chapter, United States Daughters of 1812 (U.S.D. 1812) and the Arkansas Society War of 1812 (GSW 1812) dedicated and placed a War of 1812 marker at the grave of Capt. Benjamin ...