As the Washington area marks the bicentennial of the War of 1812, Steve Vogel answers questions about the war, the Star Spangled Banner and Francis Scott Key. Leave questions and comments for ...

Mr. Brandenburg assumes that such antiwar sentiment was widespread because of Francis Scott Key’s ... of the War of 1812 continues, one must remember that war is not the answer to the pressing ...

The War of 1812 can seem like little more than a series of tickler questions from 10th-grade history class. Impressment? The sacking of the White House? Francis Scott Key? It's a challenge of ...

Donald Hickey, author of The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict ... fervor in the young country’s history: Francis Scott Key’s composition of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” written following ...

Central New York -- As 2012 begins, New York state and Central New York organizations are gearing up to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 ... Another key Oswego County event ...

July 17 marks the bicentennial of a key date in the War of 1812, when the British captured Fort Mackinac at the onset of war. WKAR’s Scott Pohl speaks with Phil Porter about the historic date.

During the War of 1812, the Americans, boasting a superior military force, invaded Upper and Lower Canada several times. But the colonies' British defenders and First Nations allies held the ...

Sep. 30—When the American brig USS Enterprise defeated the HMS Boxer in a quick, bloody battle off Pemaquid Point during the War of 1812, the British captain was killed and his American ...