The story of that epic night during the War of 1812 and the restoration that ... In 1939, 125 years after the White House burned, a 73-year-old Canadian named Archibald Kains sent President ...

However, the claim is false, as it was the British and not Canada who burned down the White House during the War of 1812 between the United States and the British. Notably, Canada was then a ...

David Burnett By contrast, the British historiography of the War of 1812 has generally consisted ... A month later, on August 24, the British burned down the White House and several other ...

On the evening of August 24, 1814, British troops torched the Capitol, the Treasury, the President’s House (not yet called the White House). All burned ... known as the War of 1812—seemed ...