For decades, the Canadian Regiment of Fencible Infantry has crossed the border to work with American re-enactors to commemorate important historical battles in North American history. But in the wake ...

Yet the War of 1812 still struggles for notice ... Indeed, the U.S. war plan began with a land invasion—of Canada. By occupying land north of the border, Hawks sought to secure the nation ...

Back in 1812, we declared war on Britain and tried to invade ... chunks of the US population would not only oppose an ...

Despite their strategic location on the American border, the townships of Lower Canada have been largely ignored in studies of the War of 1812 and the Rebellions of 1837-38. Originally settled by ...

agreed that a successful invasion wouldn’t take long ... “The United States launched eight or nine invasions of Canada during the War of 1812, winning only one fruitless battle.

It also gave a nationalist boost to the Canadians who'd repelled an attempted invasion and would gain nationhood in 1867. The 2012 bicentennial of the war was widely commemorated in Canada through ...