The 8’ x 10‘ oil painting was made in Ohio by Archibald McNeal Willard (1836-1918) for our country’s 100th year anniversary.

The intrigue: Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote the piece in 1880 to commemorate the nation's victory over the ...

California disasters, 1812-1899 : firsthand accounts of fires, shipwrecks, floods, epidemics, earthquakes and other California tragedies by Seacrest, William B., 1957- Publication date 2006 Topics ...

Mt. Pleasant was built in the early 1800’s for the happiest of reasons-Daniel Cox Hopper built this brick, one room deep, ...

Airman Matthew Mancillas, a native of Santa Clarita, is one of more than 60 sailors celebrating America’s 249 years of ...

During World War I, more than 18,000 doughboys came down with STDs. In response, the military started handing out condoms to plebes, and it launched an aggressive decades-long promotional campaign.

In up-close looks at war via videos, museum-goers can go back to the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill, an intense scene of ...

A GROUP OF YOUNG ARTISTS ARE CELEBRATING AFTER WINNING THIS YEAR'S BATTLE OF PLATTSBURGH POSTER CONTEST. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY WERE TASKED WITH CREATING ARTWORK WITH ...

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) - Preparations are underway in Northern New York for the annual Battle of Plattsburgh commemoration. It honors and remembers the American forces that defeated the British ...

Today is Wednesday, June 18, the 169th day of 2025. There are 196 days left in the year. Today in history: On June 18, 1812, the War of 1812 began as the United States Congress approved, and President ...

Who Really Won the War of 1812? 🇺🇸🇨🇦 A war with no clear victor — or was there? The answer might surprise you… and rewrite what you thought you knew about history.