This episode in the later months of the War of 1812 is told in the new detailed, novelistic history, “When Britain Burned The White House,” written by British political and military journalist ...

The U.S. declaration of war against Great Britain in 1812 capped off years of tensions, ... In 1939, 125 years after the White House burned, a 73-year-old Canadian named Archibald Kains ...

The U.S. declaration of war against Great Britain in 1812 capped off years of tensions, ... In 1939, 125 years after the White House burned, ...

Burned by the British in 1814, the President's House was reconstructed and the charred sandstone walls repainted the white for which it is named by 1817, when James Monroe moved in with his family.

Burning down the White House today seems like a thing of fiction, reserved for absurdist movies, and propaganda, but that's exactly what happened in 1812 after a British invasion and unsuccessful war.

The British Embassy in Washington has apologized for a photo it tweeted to commemorate British troops burning the White House during the War of 1812.

While it is true that the White House was burned down during the War of 1812, it was British troops that torched it. It would be more than 50 years until Canada was even founded as a country.

On Aug. 24, 1814, the British burned the U.S. Capitol and the White House, among other buildings. ... The United States had declared war on Britain in June 1812.

While Canada didn’t burn down the White House — that dubious honor fell to British forces following a U.S. invasion of what is today Ontario — it was at least on the side of the British ...

No, Canada did not burn down the White House during the War of 1812, which was fought with Britain over maritime rights. What is now Canada was not yet a country in 1812, but rather British colonies.