“This is the feel-good side of the War of 1812,” says Vince Vaise, Fort McHenry’s chief interpreter. “We won the battle here, we don’t hate the British anymore, and the flag and national ...

was one of the bloodiest battles of the War of 1812. The rallying cry, "Remember the River Raisin" inspired the Americans to victory at the nearby Battle of the Thames in October 1813.

It is a gruesome yet oddly engaging scene that takes visitors back to the Battle of Mississinewa, a pivotal turning point in the War of 1812 -- and in the history of the territory that soon would ...

MONTGOMERY -- The last battle of the War of 1812 wasn't the Battle of New Orleans, at which U.S. troops led by Andrew Jackson defeated British troops on Jan. 8, 1815. Instead, the last battle of ...

These days, it’s hard to think of a veteran who could have served from World War II, Korea and Vietnam. It’s happened, of course, but imagine a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War ...

putting an end to a string of earlier British victories in the War of 1812. The battles at Fort Meigs turned the tide for the young nation and foreshadowed a bigger victory to come: the Battle of ...

The 40-acre battlefield park opened in 2010 to preserve the site of the Battles of Frenchtown, a pair of War of 1812 battles in which inexperienced American troops suffered heavy losses at the ...

A diorama at the River Raisin visitor center depicts the war’s northern front. Andrew Spear It’s 19 degrees with a brisk wind blowing off Lake Erie as the men of Lacroix Company march across a ...