Last month (June 18) marked the 200th anniversary of the start of the War of 1812. In this "second round" of the Revolutionary War, a weak, aggrieved yet ornery United States confronted its former ...

In 1799, at the age of 31, Jones joined the fledgling United States Navy as one of the service’s oldest midshipmen. In 1803, Jones, now a lieutenant, was on the frigate Philadelphia, when the ...

The bicentennial of the War of 1812 was launched April 16, 2012, in New Orleans with a commemoration that revolved around the Navy's Fleet Week celebration there.

The winner — the United States, Great Britain and Canada all claim some measure of victory — remains in dispute. Even its name — the War of 1812 lasted nearly three years — adds to the ...

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - The National Museum of the United States Navy's traveling mini-exhibit on the War of 1812 opens this weekend in Detroit. Called "War of 1812: A Nation Forged by War," the ...

On June 18, 1812, President James Madison took the nation to war. On that date he signed a bill passed by Congress declaring that the United States was at war with Great Britain. That war, known ...

The only active ship in the United States Navy to sink another enemy ship in combat is more than 200 years old. The title falls to the wooden frigate Constitution, as the USS Simpson, a guided ...

Rochester, NY: Boydell Press, 2011. Pp. xxiv, 328. Illus., maps, tables, notes, biblio, index. $99.00. ISBN: 1843836653 Despite the rather over-the-top title, as the sub-title explains, How Britain ...

Last month (June 18) marked the 200th anniversary of the start of the War of 1812. In this "second round" of the Revolutionary War, a weak, aggrieved yet ornery United States confronted its former ...

Last month (June 18) marked the 200th anniversary of the start of the War of 1812. In this "second round" of the Revolutionary War, a weak, aggrieved yet ornery United States confronted its former ...

Last month (June 18) marked the 200th anniversary of the start of the War of 1812. In this “second round” of the Revolutionary War, a weak, aggrieved yet ornery United States confronted its ...