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  2. Burning of Washington - Wikipedia

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    An 1814 watercolor and ink depiction of the United States Capitol after the burning of Washington, D.C. in the War of 1812. Painting by George Munger. The United States Capitol was, according to some contemporary travelers, the only building in Washington "worthy to be noticed". [26]

  3. List of incidents of political violence in Washington, D.C.

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    An 1816 illustration of the burning of Washington by British forces. August 24, 1814: Burning of Washington: British forces led by George Cockburn invaded and occupied Washington during the Chesapeake campaign of the War of 1812, after defeating an American force at Bladensburg.

  4. Timeline of violent incidents at the United States Capitol

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    During the War of 1812, the building was burned and severely damaged by British military forces in 1814, and then rebuilt. Other incidents were motivated by insanity, racism, fanaticism, extremism and personal grudges, and affected the Capitol building itself and sometimes other parts of the United States Capitol Complex .

  5. 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.

  6. War of 1812 - Wikipedia

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    The war in Europe against the French Empire under Napoleon ensured that the British did not consider the War of 1812 against the United States as more than a sideshow. [281] Britain's blockade of French trade had worked and the Royal Navy was the world's dominant nautical power (and remained so for another century).

  7. Capitol has seen violence over 220 years, but not like this

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    In more than 220 years, the U.S. Capitol had seen nothing like it: a roiling mob, forcing its way past its majestic marble columns, disrupting the passage of power, desecrating the seat of the ...

  8. History of Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    During the War of 1812, the British Army conducted an expedition between August 19 and 29, 1814, that took and burned the capital city. In the Battle of Bladensburg on August 24, the British routed an American militia, which had gathered at Bladensburg, Maryland to protect the capital.

  9. File:Flickr - USCapitol - British Burn the Capitol, 1814.jpg

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    On August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812, British troops burned the Capitol and almost all other public buildings in Washington. The Capitol, shown ablaze in the background, was gutted, and only a sudden rainstorm prevented its complete destruction.