(ExecutedToday.com) On this date in 1807, the British navy hanged Jenkin Ratford from the yardarm of the HMS Halifax off the coast of Maryla...

  (Historynet) On September 1, 1814, after the British had left the city of Washington in flames, the noted D.C. lawyer Francis Scott K...

    (BBC) Other than an off-colour tweet and subsequent apology by the British Embassy, the bicentennial of the punitive mission of...

(Aegis) A 15-star, 15-stripe War of 1812 commemorative American flag was raised in front of the Harford County administrative building in B...

(WoCCP) Star-Spangled Archaeology: Commemorating the War of 1812 Through Maritime Archaeology, a recently added lecture, will wrap up the ...

(LoC) After capturing Washington, D.C. in 1814, the British burned the U.S. Capitol, destroying the Library of Congress and its 3,000-volum...

(Wikipedia) James McHenry (November 16, 1753 – May 3, 1816) was an early American statesman. McHenry was a signer of the United States Cons...

(LoC) On August 19, 1814, during the War of 1812 , British troops under the command of Major General Robert Ross and Rear Admiral George...

(LoC)  On June 18 , 1812, President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain, marking the beginning of the War...

(USA Today) When the first big battle of the War of 1812 is re-enacted this fall, the U.S. 1st Artillery regiment will mount an ear-s...

(WoCCP) Dozens of people from the Archeological Society of Maryland were at Elk Landing on this beautiful Sunday afternoon working to...

(Wikipedia) Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr. (5 January 1779 – 22 March 1820) was an American naval officer notable for his heroism in the Bar...

(Baltimore Sun) ... on May 3, 1813, the British fleet sailed up the Chesapeake Bay and set fire to Havre de Grace homes and businesses. The ...

(exploreharford) Teachers from Harford and Cecil counties and Baltimore City and the general public will gather at the Havre de Grace High S...

(LoC) On August 19, 1814, during the War of 1812 , British troops under the command of Major General Robert Ross and Rear Admiral George...

(The Globe and Mail) It’s a sticky question. Exactly how should Canada commemorate the 200th anniversary of a war in which our predecessors ...

(Baltimore Sun) In 1988, with only three months to relocate from Fort Monmouth, N.J., to Aberdeen, Stephen Hoffman and his wife, Sharon, set...

Patrick Gass (June 12, 1771 – April 2, 1870) served as sergeant in the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1801-1806). He was important to the exped...

(LoC) In 1868, Commander in Chief John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic issued General Order Number 11 designating May 30 as a mem...

(WoCCP) Oh, say can you see…. Maryland’s bi-centennial commemoration of the War of 1812 making its way to the Upper Bay Region? A website ht...