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Originally Posted by JuiceMonkey
the CANADIANS burned the white house down
not the british..
that's the first/last time we fought  |
The army marched under a British flag and a British (Irish) general, Robert Ross. Hence the British burned Washington. Some of the soldiers certainly were Canadian, but that's like saying Mexico invaded Iraq because there are some Mexican citizens in the US military.
For the Canadian nationalists, enjoy this song:
http://www.deadtroll.com/1812/index.html
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