However, the claim is false, as it was the British and not Canada who burned down the White House during the War of 1812 between the United States and the British. Notably, Canada was then a ...

The story of that epic night during the War of 1812 and the restoration ... Soon the interior of the White House began collapsing into its burning wooden floors. “The spectators stood in awful ...

After a second mock volley, the re-enactors retire to the parking lot of one of the bloodiest battlefields of the War ... White House. British troops devoured the victuals and wine before burning ...

On August 24, 1814, British forces occupied Washington, D.C. and set fire to public buildings including the White House and the Capitol ... his actions in the war of 1812. He went on to become ...

This timber, which survived the burning of the White House 200 years ago ... the British historiography of the War of 1812 has generally consisted of short chapters squeezed between the grand ...