The War of 1812 was ostensibly about securing American ... In the war’s aftermath the country experienced an unprecedented outpouring of nationalism that further obscured embarrassing facts ...

The War of 1812 saw the last foreign invasion on Canadian ... The preoccupation with avoiding American-style nationalism (for better or worse) is a symptom of a larger reluctance to promote ...

For the United States the War of 1812 was a second War of Independence against the British that birthed emblems of American nationalism such as the national flag, the “Star-Spangled Banner ...

Canada beat us in the War of 1812. They probably like their chances ... The war boosted American nationalism and confirmed US sovereignty.

"The War of 1812 is being heavily promoted as part of ... "There's a whole lot more nationalism today than there was then," says Prof. Taylor, a historian at the University of California, Davis.

Jackson was the next general after Washington to be elected, a hero from the War of 1812 and the first sitting ... Both chiefs projected defiant nationalism. Americans rewarded Roderick with ...

As the War of 1812 dragged on, the northeast region ... In Paul’s telling, a type of civic nationalism based on shared allegiance to the Constitution, as an “organic expression of the ...

David Johnston says the War of 1812 is the perfect time for Canadians ... creating a new spirit of Canadian nationalism in the process. "The war gave Canadians a sense of shared experiences ...

The story of that epic night during the War of 1812 and the restoration that followed is one of our nation’s greatest moments of resilience. The U.S. declaration of war against Great Britain in ...

You will be forgiven for not noticing that the bicentennial of the War of 1812 is nearing full swing. No such dispensation could be granted for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, of course ...

A Black man who served in the Maryland State Militia during the War of 1812 and was long denied the military recognition most soldiers in his situation were granted has been declared a veteran of ...