Thewarof1812

NIMITZ, HALSEY, SPRUANCE AND BURKE. THESE ARE NAMES OF LEGENDARY FIGHTING ADMIRALS THAT RESONATE WITH THE FLEET. BUT THERE WERE MEN WHO LED OUR YOUNG NAVY IN THE WAR OF 1812 WHO ALSO FORGED FIGHTING...

This production is based on the play "An Inspector calls" and is performed by the Sydney "Mirror" Theatre. It is an extraordinary mixture of social satire, sarcasm...

IT'S BEEN 45 YEARS OF FEASTING.THE 2012 FEAST OF THE HUNTERS' MOON WRAPPED UP TODAY AT FORT OUIATENON.NEWS 18'S KELLY ROBERTS HAS MORE.. ON WHAT KEEPS PEOPLE COMING BACK.....

THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, RAY MAYBUS, SPOKE AT THE FORT MCHENRY NATIONAL MONUMENT AND SHRINE, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE WAR OF 1812. THE SECNAV SHARED HIS THOUGHTS ON THE...

What would you do if you overheard a secret that could change the course of history? Could you walk for over 18 hours, alone, through the woods — with wolves, wildcats, and — just to give this...

Some sculptures in the Valiants Memorial are full-size statues, and others are busts. That’s a type of sculpture that includes the head, shoulders and chest — like this one of Sir Isaac Brock. He...

Creating Major General Sir Isaac Brock: The Hero of Upper Canada. I am Marlene Hilton Moore, the artist who created the 14 statues and busts for the Valiants Memorial in Confederation Square. Busts...

I am Marlene Hilton Moore, the artist who created the sculptures of 14 great Canadians for the Valiants Memorial. The figure of Laura Secord was the first sculpture I created. To depict the image of...

"WITHOUT A DECISIVE NAVAL FORCE WE CAN DO NOTHING DEFINITIVE, AND WITH IT, EVERYTHING HONORABLE AND GLORIOUS" IN THE LATE 1700S, AS EUROPE BEGAN TO BE EMBROILED IN WHAT WOULD BECOME...