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Old Iron Sides
The USS Constitution, Old Ironsides, one of the most famous ships in the United States Navy.
A National Calamity
How the horrors at the River Raisin became a rallying cry that influenced U.S. policy towards Native Americans in the Northwest Territory at the...
Standing Tall on Lake Erie
Just five miles south of the Canadian border, on an isthmus near downtown Put-in-Bay, Ohio, sits a 352-foot-tall monument towering over Lake Erie...
Equipment in the War of 1812
The equipment used during the War of 1812 was relatively similar to equipment used during the Revolutionary War. However, some technological...
The Creek War of 1813-1814
While the armies of Great Britain and the United States grappled for the Old Northwest and along the Canadian front from 1812 to 1813, a new war...
Native American Involvement in the War of 1812
As Great Britain and the United States spiraled toward war in the summer of 1812, Native tribes in North America found themselves pulled into the...
The Detroit Frontier in the War of 1812
As the year 1812 opened with the United States and Great Britain spiraling toward another armed conflict the Michigan Territory emerged as a critical...
Native Americans and the Call to Serve
There is no doubt that American Indians have been dealt a complex and difficult past in this nation, but that has not deterred many from military...
10 Facts: Baltimore in the War of 1812
Learn about the city of Baltimore and its role in the War of 1812 through these ten facts.
Battle of Fort McHenry
Encouraged by their victory at Bladensburg on August 24, 1814, and subsequent burning of Washington, D.C., the British turned north, intent on...