Despite Winston Churchill’s coining of the phrase “special relationship,” the history of relations between Britain and America shows it’s not so special.

At the time of the War of 1812, Canada was a British colony ... Many of the officers were British, and the bulk of the Redcoats that put Washington to the torch had likely never set foot in ...

A gash to the head from a British sword left him with a permanent ... At New Orleans in 1815, he threw the redcoats back, to their astonishment and that of most of his compatriots.

Fort Beauséjour was built by the French in 1751 to oppose the British ... in redcoats walked the grounds, muskets in hand with cannons at the ready. A snapshot of the War of 1812, Fort George ...

Forget Cancun and Miami Beach—the real spring break hotspot is a 247-year-old tavern in Essex, Connecticut, where the clam ...

Photo credit: The Griswold Inn During the War of 1812, British marines commandeered the inn and used this very room as their headquarters. One can imagine them sitting at the bar, red coats draped ...

The king of England's "Red Coat" British soldiers engaged with a motley focused group of providential farmers, shopkeepers ...

Many of the Fencibles have deep roots in this part of southeastern Ontario, with ancestors who fought for the British in the War of 1812 and beyond. "My family's had properties taken from the ...

The city’s 120th-annual St. Paddy’s Day parade again wound a wild and festive route from Broadway Station to Andrew Square, kicking off at 11:30 a.m. From booing costumed “British Redcoats ...