James Madison University is named after the fourth president of the United States, but its mascot is named after the ...

The story of that epic night during the War of 1812 and the restoration that followed ... D.C., which had barely 8,000 residents. (President James Madison’s Attorney General Richard Rush called ...

UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Emeritus William Leuchtenburg is celebrating his 102nd birthday this month. He was born on Sept. 28 ...

In 1811, Monroe was appointed Secretary of State by President James Madison. Monroe, along with President Madison, pushed Congress to declare war on Britain beginning the War of 1812. During the ...

Many of us who sit quietly in the American political middle have always placed great faith in prayer. The California-based Barna Group, which has polled American evangelicals since the 1980s ...

George Clinton served as Vice President for two Presidents — Thomas Jefferson and James Madison — in consecutive terms from 1805 to 1812 ... during the Civil War. Thomas Hendricks tried ...

Nestled in the Thousand Islands, Frederick Exley, author of cult classic “A Fan’s Notes,” finds a town that understands the hard life of a writer ...

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Chapter 5. “James Madison: Leading the Nation through the Perilous War of 1812.” Leuchtenburg explains how James Madison led the nation into and through the War of 1812. Madison took power at ...

The war between Britain and the United States, from 1812 to 1814, is one of the half-forgotten events ... when the British were obsessed with defeating Napoleon. When President James Madison asked ...

This historic community along the Ohio River is a great destination for a day trip or weekend getaway. Learn the unique ...