With so many wars taking place, the world needs the gift of peace more than anything this holiday season. The world needs the Peace of Christmas Eve. It has happened before. On Christmas Eve in 1814 ...

GHENT, in Belgium, is visited by hundreds of American tourists every summer. They come to see one of the finest Medieval and Renaissance cities in northern Europe. Few of them know that Ghent, as a ...

EXACTLY at midday of August 7, 1814, four Americans might have been seen earnestly consulting together in one of the rooms of the late Baron de Lovendeghem’s residence at the corner of Rue des Champs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On December 24, 1814, the Treaty of Ghent officially ended the War of 1812, but the delayed news couldn’t stop nearly 1,000 ...

On December 24, 1814, the “Treaty of Ghent” was signed by the United States and Great Britain, ending hostilities in the War of 1812.

Chances are that most Americans will not be thinking about 1814 when they celebrate Christmas tonight and tomorrow. 1814? What’s special about that? That was the year six Americans signed the Treaty ...

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With so many wars taking place, the world needs the gift of peace more than anything this holiday season. The world needs the Peace of Christmas Eve. It has happened before. On Christmas Eve in 1814 ...