Today marks the 178th anniversary of our Nation’s triumph in the Mexican-American War—a legendary victory that secured the American Southwest, reasserted ...

Today marks the 178th anniversary of our Nation's triumph in the Mexican-American War-a legendary victory that secured the American Southwest ...

Could the sounds of cannon fire and muskets echo off the Raquette River this summer when the village hosts its first ever Revolutionary War reenactment in Ives Park? The village ...

In June 1944, the United States Navy did something it had not attempted since the War of 1812. American sailors boarded and ...

Members of the Commissioner Charles Gause No. 433 Chapter of the National Society of the United States Daughters of 1812 ...

Once a key battleground for British colonialists, this historic Canadian town is now a charming base for visiting the nearby ...

War of 1812 veteran Shadrack Byfield's second book describes a grittier life story—and a hook for a hand.

Actor Chris McKay playing Shadrack Byfield (centre) in the 2011 PBS documentary 'The War of 1812'. This battle scene represents the Battle of Frenchtown in January 1813 in which Byfield was wounded in ...

Archival discoveries including a 19th-century autobiography transform our understanding of Shadrack Byfield, an English veteran of the War of 1812 who buried his own amputated arm and designed a ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — On December 24, 1814, the War of 1812 ended on Christmas Eve after about two and a half years of fighting. The war started because Americans had had enough of intrusive British ...

When you think about more recent military history, it’s unsurprising that World War II is the centerpiece of most conversations. The last true global conflict, the battles of the Second World War, are ...