Battle of Bladensburg – August 1814 This is the seventh of a series of articles telling how Alexandrians were affected 200 years ago by the War of 1812. For earlier articles in this series, go ...

Sam’s Club plans to build a new store and gas station in Katy with construction starting in August.

It closed in August 1814 and two years later the buildings were demolished, and the site sold. The land, which sits off the A1 (M) at junction 16 for Yaxley and south Peterborough, was used for ...

The Colts brought in veteran quarterback Daniel Jones in the offseason to compete with Richardson, and he will get an opportunity to develop some rapport with his new teammates at minicamp. If ...

In August 1814 when British troops attacked America’s capital city, President James Madison and his wife, Dolley, separately fled the White House before the British set the city ablaze.

The Norman Cross Camp operated from 1797 to 1814 and functioned as a self-contained town with barracks, offices, a hospital, school, market place and banking. It was far from the sea, making it ...

A new report reveals that 10 Napoleonic soldiers attacked by Spanish guerrillas were not sent to prison, as previously believed, but killed ...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. But who knew that books could kill?

China has made only one public statement on Chagos Islands deal - Different claims have been made as to whether or not China supports the deal between the UK and Mauritius.

The day after the Senate followed the House of Representatives in voting to declare war against Great Britain, President ...

Tourism, climate change, redevelopment and nature threaten the existence of some of the world’s most amazing sites, but – ...