According to the Battle of Plattsburgh Association, British forces crossed into New York from Montreal in 1814, moving toward ...

But often it is attrition that is decisive in modern warfare. As Stalin observed in the wake of the Second World War, “Hitler ...

The War 1812 is a two-hour film history of a deeply ... the result tolled the end of Native American dreams of a separate nation.

Free trade demanded the protection of American commerce, while sailors' rights insisted that the British end the impressment of seamen from ... Understanding the War of 1812 and the motto that came to ...

Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) William Campbell. Courtesy of Kings Mountain National Park. He was a ...

But if you think you know where the story will end up, you may be surprised ... Comet of 1811 (which lasted into 1812) was visible for 260 days—the longest period for any comet until Hale–Bopp in 1997 ...

She is in Moscow awaiting her fiancee’s return from the war when she finds a new romance in “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812,” performed Sept. 5-Oct. 27 at Writers Theatre.

Then’ is sponsored by Brown Harris Stevens Realtors Joanne Santulli, Karen Ceraso, Bettina Hegel and Schuyler Morris. The ...

For a town that lauds itself as "The Crossroads of Indiana" (a state that is itself "The Crossroads of America"), it's interesting that Bainbridge never actually became the crossroads town residents ...

The movement toward independence of its North American colony irritated Britain sufficiently for it to attempt two wars (1775 ...

“They Will Live without Law or Religion”: Cádiz, Indigenous People, and Political Change in the Viceroyalty of Peru, 1812–1820. Hispanic American ... the colonial heritage in the Americas in the Cold ...

A country of independent people – who truly know themselves – is, and always was, the real prize, argues Christopher Silver.