I wanted to see where Barney made perhaps his most heroic stand of his astonishing career at the Battle of Bladensburg, so ...

A little-known chapter in military history unfolded approximately six miles northeast of the Capitol in Prince George’s County. The Battle of Bladensburg Festival was held at Bladensburg Waterfront ...

Prince George’s County community members stepped into living history at Riversdale House Museum. Attendees at the Battle of Bladensburg reenactment witnessed tactical demonstrations, cannon firings, ...

As British forces advanced toward Washington during the War of 1812, Commodore Joshua Barney and the crews of his Chesapeake Bay flotilla made one of the battle’s most determined American stands.

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If the War of 1812 were a movie, the Battle of Bladensburg would be the good guys’ crushing defeat that leads to a rally and a dramatic victory, said Anthony Nolan, the chief of national and historic ...

A short distance from Washington, D.C.'s national mall, with its grand monuments to past presidents and the men and women who served in America's 20th century wars, rests a more modest and unheralded ...

Nearly 200 years to the day after it unfolded on a field outside of Washington, D.C., the Battle of Bladensburg will return to the original site this weekend with the help of American and British ...

Demolition has already begun on the old Prince George's Hospital Center, which was replaced in 2021 by the new University of Maryland Capital Regional Medical Center in downtown Largo. Photo by Steve ...