Seaman Jonah Parisi, a native of Milford, Delaware, is one of more than 60 sailors celebrating America’s 249 years of ...

Discover the hidden history of the War of 1812 at the River Raisin Battlefield in Monroe, Michigan—home to America’s only National Park unit dedicated to telling the story of Native nations and their ...

America celebrated the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army with a huge parade featuring soldiers, the Army marching band, and ...

There's a good chance a transgender person helped pioneer a medical procedure you've had, or helped write the score to your ...

The Revolutionary War artifacts tell the story of what General Cornwallis tried to destroy forever—but couldn’t erase.

The day after the Senate followed the House of Representatives in voting to declare war against Great Britain, President ...

On June 18, 1812, the War of 1812 began as the United States Congress approved, and President James Madison signed, a declaration of war against Britain. In 1778, American forces entered Philadelphia ...

At this time, the future seventh president was serving in the U.S. Army. Born in 1767, he was a British-hating orphan who came of age during the American Revolution.

An 1812 illustration of a private from the Fifth West India Regiment. In the 1790s, the remaining members of the Carolina Corps became part of the newly established First West India Regiment.

Outside, British sailors and soldiers ringed the White House to throw javelins tipped with flaming oil-soaked rags through the upstairs windows. The pyres ignited and spread rapidly.

Thus the British Army's muster rolls have fluctuated depending on the world situation, and the perpetual parsimony of His Majesty's Treasury. In 1812, when it fought Napoleon and burned down ...