“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 ...

Who really did win the war of 1812 This war has been called a lot of names a strange war a senseless war even a silly war But it changed the course of our history and helped create Canada It is an ...

Oliver Hazard Perry, the U.S naval officer who won a decisive victory against the Royal Navy on Lake Erie during the War of 1812—“We have met the enemy and they are ours,” he declared ...

Madison won an easy victory to succeed Jefferson in 1808. The war against Britain was declared in 1812 and the state of war surely contributed to his re-election. The public viewed the results of ...

Some have muskets, others a fife and drum. For decades, the group has re-enacted crucial battles and moments from the War of 1812. The United States declared war on Great Britain back then in ...

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