On the bicentennial of America's declaration of war against the United Kingdom, the BBC's Joan Soley says the War of 1812 still resonates today. If someone stopped you on the street at this exact ...

On June 18, 1812, American President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Britain. American and British officers were having dinner together at Fort George when news of the ...

had removed the United States’ principal casus belli by announcing a relaxation of British trade restrictions six days before the US declaration of war. Both the war of 1812 and the Battle of ...