Simcoe’s Kevin O’Halloran has been sharing his knowledge and passion for history as a re-enactor for decades. “I’ve been doing mini militia, ...

I wrote a book on the forgotten founding father Gouverneur Morris, who thought James Madison was "intoxicated by opium or wine" in his military efforts.

The War of 1812 began while Britain was consumed by the much larger struggle against Napoleon in Europe. American trade had been caught between British and French restrictions, while tensions over ...

A War of 1812 medal awarded to a member of the 1st Essex Militia has already reached 37.5 times its opening bid ahead of The Canadian Numismatic Company’s (TCNC) two-day militaria auction on Oct. 8-9.

Andrew O’Shaughnessy, a history professor at the University of Virginia, is the author of “The Men Who Lost America: British ...

Ontario, which was purchased in 1778 from Native Americans by Massachusetts speculators Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham, is known as the "Mother of Counties" in western New York, according to a ...

On Aug. 27, U.S. President Donald Trump asserted U.S. national sovereignty and leverage amid escalating cross-border trade ...

In this epic jaunt through national capital history, writer Randy Boswell rescues characters and details that have been lost to time, adding a new chapter to the capital's origin story.

Samuel Wilson supplied meat to the U.S. Army in barrels marked "U.S.", meaning United States. According to the traditional story, workers and soldiers associated those initials with Wilson, who was ...

After President Donald Trump moved to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America last week, mayors on both sides of the political aisle are rejecting the new name ahead of the midterms.

If you're looking for a destination that truly feels like you ended up in an apple-cider-filled, orange-and-golden-hued fall landscape, the Adirondacks can now claim that ... Read moreThe post The ...

Erie-area leaders oppose changing the name of Lake Erie to Lake Pennsylvania. We want to hear what you think. Vote in our online poll.