The War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain ultimately ended in stalemate, but in the aftermath of one U.S. victory, a poem was penned that would become the new nation’s national ...

Indeed, they created the British Columbia we inhabit today. The curious story of the war’s role in shaping Canada west of the Great Lakes has ... When the War of 1812 formally ended on December ...

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 ...

In 1811, Tsar Alexander I, supposedly allied with Napoleon, refused to be part of the continental blockade of British ... a war but it’s very difficult to finish one." On June 24, 1812, ignoring ...

Madison brought a list of grievances against the English (including impressments) to Congress and the legislators voted to go to war against Great Britain on June 18, 1812. Planning to annex ...