The War of 1812 in Michigan would decide who controlled the Northwestern Frontier. ... BEYOND THE 20 SQUARE MILES OF CLEARED FARMLAND THAT SURROUNDED THE SETTLEMENT AND FORT OF DETROIT, ...

It began the domino effect that eventually led to the capture of Fort Detroit and Fort Dearborn in Chicago, and so within a period of a month in the summer of 1812, the peninsulas of Michigan went ...

Detroit — Metro Detroit history buffs went back two centuries Sunday during the wrapup of a War of 1812 weekend at Historic Fort Wayne. Re-enactors conducted artillery drills and demonstrated ...

Local history buffs can start celebrating now, Historic Fort Wayne will host a War of 1812 weekend this Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 20-21, with plenty of live artillery demonstrations and re ...

MONTGOMERY -- The last battle of the War of 1812 wasn't the Battle of New Orleans, at which U.S. troops led by Andrew Jackson defeated British troops on Jan. 8, 1815.

Following the loss of Detroit in August 1812 and the defeat at Frenchtown in January 1813, ... War of 1812 bicentennial: Fort Meigs. By Egon Hatfield (RDECOM History Office) March 14, 2013.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) ... He later proposed at a War of 1812 re-enactment in Canada.They were […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 70°F. Saturday, July 27th 2024 ...

DETROIT (AP) — A War of 1812 grave site, discovered in the 1980s during an archaeological survey ahead of the People Mover’s construction, was recently commemorated with a historical marker in ...

Visitors covered their ears in anticipation of the loud sound of the cannon fired Sunday during the Old Fort’s reenactment of the siege of Fort Wayne during the War of 1812.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — For Ruth Swearingen and her husband, Gerret, re-enacting battles and life in the military isn't just about American history. It's also about their personal history. Ruth ...

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… NewsRoom ...

The capture of Detroit was preceded by the bloodless surrender of Mackinac Island on July 17, 1812. In mid-July, fort commander Lieutenant Porter Hanks noticed that the normally-friendly Odawa had ...