America went to war against Great Britain to assert its rights as an independent, sovereign nation, and to attempt the ...

Skelton, An American Profession of Arms, pp. 3, 9–10; Michael A. Bonura, Under the Shadow of Napoleon: French Influence on the American Way of Warfare from the War of 1812 to the Outbreak of WW II ...

Andrew Jackson had a long history with the Indians. During the War of 1812, he led militia forces in a war against Creek ...

A noted author will speak to The Villages SAR about War of 1812 on Saturday at Captiva Recreation Center. Visitors are ...

Named one of the 20 Notable Naval Books of 2011 in the US Naval Institute Proceedings Magazine, May 2012. The War of 1812 between Britain and the United States was fought on many fronts: single ship ...

Enterprise & Society, p. 1. On 2 July 1812, Captain David Porter raised a banner on the USS Essex proclaiming 'a free trade and sailors rights', thus creating a political slogan that explained the War ...

"Huzzah, her sides are made of iron!" — American sailor in War of 1812 The ship was ordered on March 1, 1794, in anticipation of the passage of the Naval Act of 1794, which President George ...

The Sons of the American Revolution will honor veterans of the War of 1812 on Saturday, Oct. 26, in ceremonies at two St. Joseph cemeteries. James L. Hyde, John Devorss and John C. Register will ...

He fought bravely, fearlessly and with distinction during the War of 1812-14, earning the respected of his allies and the fear of his enemies. Following his death in 1886 at age 96, Mohawk Chief ...

An often-quoted line of the song is “the land of the free.” American freedoms are defined and enumerated in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. These freedoms are to be valued ...