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Originally posted by Dru:
who burned down the White house in the War of 1812???
Well, the War of 1812, it turns out, is not one of our nation's proudest moments. On August 24, 1814, we allowed the British Army to stroll in to Washington, D.C., and we let them practically burn the city to the ground. They then sauntered merrily off to Baltimore, where they were not quite so successful in their vandalism. Note what I said: the British Army! Turns out there were two or three Canadians in the mix, and I have it on good authority that they were too drunk to participate.