The last battle of the War of 1812 wasn't the Battle of New Orleans. Instead, the last battle of the war involving significant British and American forces was fought in February 1815 in what is ...

The Civil War was fought to preserve the union and/or end slavery. World War I was fought to save Europe. World War II was fought to save the world. Vietnam was fought to stop the spread of communism.

BOSTON — The U.S. Navy’s oldest commissioned warship will sail under its own power for just the second time in more than a century to commemorate the battle that won it the nickname &#8… ...

This Bush fought in War of 1812 By Annah Pritchett - Staff writer . Updated June 18, 2014 9:11 AM. George Washington Bush Middle School in Tumwater honors namesake with new monument ...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — North Carolina’s oldest militia unit has honored four soldiers who fought in the War of 1812 as part of a bicentennial commemoration. The Fayetteville Observer reported ...

The bicentennial of the War of 1812, fought for three years until 1815, is passing with only local commemoration in the United States, although that war resulted in thousands of American and British ...

It also proved to be the final major battle of the War of 1812. The contenders were unaware that a peace treaty between the United States and Great Britain, ending the 32-month conflict, had been ...

Canada would not exist had the American invasions of 1812-1814 not been defeated,” said Lyle Williams, a spokesman for Niagara-on-the-Lake War of 1812 Bicentennial Committee.

But ignorance of the War of 1812 lightens his role as Lacroix Company leader. “I made up some of the orders today, and they weren’t carried out well,” he concedes at the end of the wintry drill.

They might say that the conflagration of 1939-45 was World War III, and that they fought in the first one. They'd be referring to the French land grab we call the Napoleonic Wars.

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 ...