Every year the city of Plattsburgh commemorates a turning point in the War of 1812 with a weekend festival dedicated to bringing history alive.

The “Defenders of Bataan, Corrigedor, and Attu Congressional Gold Medal Act” is currently sponsored by a primarily Democratic ...

John Adams deserves credit as the great patron of the United States Navy. In October 1775 in the ... and the War of 1812 with the British. Though Adams and Hamilton disagreed vehemently on the ...

The day began like so many days in Washington, with a painfully long meeting marked by confusion, misinformation and indecision. The British were coming. They were on the march in the general ...

Joshua Humphreys designed them to be the Navy's capital ships ... her first service patrolling the southeast coast of the United States during the Quasi-War with France. In 1803 she was designated ...

The group interprets the periods of the Revolution, the Civil War and the War of 1812, with the latter being the weekend’s focus. Members portray Navy sailors, Marines, civilian naval ...

a sprawling US National Guard training facility and islands that the British Royal Navy battled for and lost during the War of 1812. A majority of voters here had backed the eventual winner of ...

Of all the buildings housing local veterans organizations, the Navy Club of Lake Ontario (Ship 1812) at 21 Clinton Street, ...

Why the War of 1812 still matters The objects ... forcing American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy, as well as trade restrictions on the US. Another factor was British support for Native ...

Battle of Plattsburgh commemoration entered its third day with a poignant tribute at the Battle of Culver Hill Memorial. Located off Route 22 in Beekmantown, the ceremony honors the American troops ...

Oliver Grace Jr. was born in Ireland in 1785 and joined his father in Canada when he was 16 years old. By 1809 they had ...

A significant aspect of this initiative involves celebrating historical figures and fortifying the Navy’s ... during the 1812 ...