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Originally Posted by 2MuchMark
The Burning of Washington was a British invasion of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, during the War of 1812. On August 24, 1814, after defeating the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg, a British force led by Major General Robert Ross burned down buildings including the White House (known as the Presidential Mansion), and the Capitol, as well as other facilities of the U.S. government.[2] The attack was in part a retaliation for the recent American destruction of Port Dover in Upper Canada. Throughout the history of the United States, the United Kingdom is the only country to have ever captured Washington, D.C.; the Burning of Washington also marks the only time since the American Revolutionary War that a foreign power has captured and occupied the United States capital.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington
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thank you wikipedia. but If you actually studied the history you would learn that this battle specifically was in response to the attack on port dover in upper canada, our nation. If you read further you would then learn that it was enough to round up a lot of soldiers to respond to this attack IN our nation.
If you keep reading the snippets instead of books you miss out on an actual education.