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 ...

“During the war of 1812, American troops came to what is ... “Some [Canadian soldiers] apparently burned down the White House at that time,” he added, earning laughs from the crowd.

After a second mock volley, the re-enactors retire to the parking lot of one of the bloodiest battlefields of the War of 1812 ... a formal dinner set at the White House. British troops devoured ...

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 nation's seventh president brought the seeds of a magnolia from his home near Nashville, Tennessee in the early 1800s.

Libraries Take a Hit in the Latest White House Order The Five Biggest ... the Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War. Fortunately for the United States, most of the victories in the ...