“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 ...

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the Americans lost battle after battle in the 1812 war to British-Canadian forces aided by them. By 1814, the American high command began to feel that they would not win the war on the Niagara ...

For decades, the Canadian Regiment of Fencible Infantry has crossed the border to work with American re-enactors to ...

French forces in Spain were severely overstretched, as Napoleon withdrew the best troops for his invasion of Russia. Wellington saw an opportunity to strike. First he secured the strategic ...

They wouldn’t even cross the river to fight at Queenston in 1812. Volunteer companies ... a roughly equal force in two years of war. As far as land battles were concerned, the Battle of Chippawa ...

In the immediate aftermath of the war, American commentators painted the battles of 1812-15 as part of a glorious “second war for independence.” As the 19th century progressed, this view ...

You know it’s easy to start a war but it’s very difficult to finish one." On June 24, 1812, ignoring the advice ... force them to engage in battle and defeat them. "I know Alexander," Napoleon ...

Daniel Dobbins and Jesse Elliott, key figures in the War of 1812, apparently crossed the frozen ... who posted about the feat on his Battle of Lake Erie Facebook page. Daniel Dobbins and Commodore ...

Historian Ron Dale’s presentation promises to bring to the stories to life behind some of the museum’s pieces from the nation-defining conflict ...