Ditto, it was taught as a stalemate. I don't remember if they taught the White House was burnt down in my history books. I remember reading a article much lat

Ditto, it was taught as a stalemate. I don't remember if they taught the White House was burnt down in my history books. I remember reading a article much later about someone from the US Patent Office begging the British Army not to burn down the Patent Office due to all inventions and history recorded there. They didn't, and that is my strongest recollection.