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  2. Burning of Washington - Wikipedia

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    The White House ruins after the fire of August 24, 1814, depicted in a watercolor painting by George Munger, is now on display at the White House Major General Robert Ross, the British commander who led the burning of Washington. After burning the Capitol, the British turned northwest up Pennsylvania Avenue toward the White House

  3. Robert Ross (British Army officer) - Wikipedia

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    The Man Who Captured Washington: Major General Robert Ross and the War of 1812. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2016. ISBN 9780806151649 see online review; Ross is a featured supporting character in Eric Flint's alternate history novels, 1812: The Rivers of War, and 1824: The Arkansas War.

  4. Removal of the Federal Government - Wikipedia

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    After many years, multiple relocations, rehashing of the argument, compromises, policy and one fire, the Burning of Washington, August 24, 1814, part of the War of 1812 it was concrete that the capital of America would long be Washington D.C. [1] However, before Congress made the decision to keep the capital in Washington it debated to uproot it.

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  6. The Octagon House - Wikipedia

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    President James Madison and his wife, Dolley moved into the Octagon on September 8, 1814, after the burning of the White House by British forces. President Madison ratified the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812, in the upstairs study at the Octagon on February 17, 1815. Dolley was also known to throw parties on Wednesday nights known ...

  7. White House Value Rose in Past Four Years - AOL

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    That building, burned during the War of 1812, is worth about $284.9. When the White House was first occupied, by John and Abigail Adams, in November of 1800, the U.S. government had spent about ...

  8. White House - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of the White House complex, including Pennsylvania Avenue (closed to traffic) in the foreground, the Executive Residence and North Portico (center), the East Wing (left), and the West Wing and the Oval Office at its southeast corner. The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.

  9. United States history is one subject that a lot of Americans ...

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    OPINION: A recent trip to the White House and ear hustling everybody’s conversations made me realize most folks don’t know anything about U.S. history. The post United States history is one ...