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"War of 1812, when troops from Canada — then a British colony — marched to Washington, D.C., finished James and Dolly Madison’s unfinished dinner and burned dow
by SapporoChris 4y ago
"War of 1812, when troops from Canada — then a British colony — marched to Washington, D.C., finished James and Dolly Madison’s unfinished dinner and burned down the White House. " https://www.politico.eu/article/us-war-with-canada-cross-border-squabble-history/ https://www.politico.eu/article/us-war-with-canada-cross-bor...
- cafard 4y agoWow, all the way from Montreal? The troops were landed on the Patuxent River, and marched a considerably shorter distance to Washington. I would also mention that the British called the burning retaliation for the burning of York (now Toronto). But supposedly the War Department had plans in its files for an invasion of Canada as late as the 1930s.
- SapporoChris 4y agoThat's a great clarification. Yes, the didn't march the entire distance. The war was very much a naval exercise.