Marylanders were proud of the glorious American victory at the Battle of Baltimore in September 1814. It was a far better showing than what occurred the previous month when the British routed our ...

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Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email The "Dawn's Early Light Flag Raising Ceremony," hosted by the National Park Service was part of a series of events ...

BALTIMORE, Md. (WHTM) — By 1814, the War of 1812 was not going well for the United States. Sometimes battles were won; sometimes they were lost. But for the first two years of the war, the British ...

The Battle of Bladensburg was a humiliating defeat for the U.S. in 1814, but 200 years later the sword of naval Commodore Joshua Barney has made its way back into American hands at the National Museum ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Sept. 4, 2014) -- The Americans needed a victory after the humiliation at Bladensburg, Maryland, and the burning of the Capitol. They didn't have to wait long. The ...

While Maryland is going to great lengths to commemorate the Fort McHenry battle, little effort has gone into acknowledging several Savage residents: Commodore Joshua Barney in the Battle of ...

Cover of 'The Burrning of Washington' by Anthony Pitch. A short distance from Washington, D.C.'s national mall, with its grand monuments to past presidents and the men and women who served in ...

Nearly 200 years to the day after it unfolded on a field outside of Washington, D.C., the Battle of Bladensburg will return to the original site this weekend with the help of American and British ...