President Donald Trump is expected to invoke a centuries-old wartime act to target illegal immigrants for deportation, ...

In preparation for, and during the course of the War of 1812, New York City sought to protect its many waterways to ensure that the British would not be able to sail inland as they had during ...

Pp. x, 350. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $39.95. ISBN: 0806190825 The Empire State at War New York’s War of 1812 does much to expose the key role of the state of New York in the war between ...

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Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the Louisiana port city in the last standoff of the War of 1812 Sonja Anderson How the flag that flew proudly over Fort McHenry in ...

Fort Ontario has played a major role in Upstate New York’s history, including in the French and Indian War, and the War of 1812. The fort was also the only shelter in the United States for ...

Despite their strategic location on the American border, the townships of Lower Canada have been largely ignored in studies of the War of 1812 and the Rebellions of 1837-38. Originally settled by ...

He asked Congress to declare war on Britain in 1812 ... especially the late Alexander Hamilton's allies in New York and New England who controlled the Bank of the United States.