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who was inspired by watching soldiers raise the flag over Baltimore’s Fort McHenry after a bombardment by British naval forces during the War of 1812. Composed in 1814, the song was enacted as ...

“Geography has made us neighbours,” John F. Kennedy told the Canadian House of Commons in 1961. “History has made us friends.

Donald Trump is well-advised to pause his unprovoked act of aggression against Canada. The once “friendly giant of the North” ...

Happy birthday, Michigan! The Mitten State was granted statehood on Jan. 26, 1837 — 188 years ago today. But many chapters of ...

Happy 187th birthday, Michigan! You look great. Honestly, you don’t look a day over 125. What’s your secret? Pilates? Whatever it is, keep it up. It’s working.

William Mullins and his family boarded the Mayflower at Rotherhithe on the south bank of the Thames in east London in July 1620 along with some 60 fellow pilgrims. The steps down to the jetty used by ...

Yesterday, he posted a map on Instagram showing the US and Canada merged and colored in the American flag. How Canada ... One only needs to recall 1812, when British Canadian colonial forces ...

We should then have only to include the North in our confederacy . . . and we should have such an empire for liberty as she ...

Once, it looked as if the colonies of British North America would be swallowed up by a more populous and dynamic United States. In 1812 ... southern neighbours as flag-waving yahoos and proclaims ...

Explore the historic Maryland landmarks that shaped America's history; the rich heritage and significant contributions of ...

Nestled along a small residential street near the north bank of the Metedeconk River lies one of Brick Township’s oldest ...