On Aug. 24, 1814 — 210 years ago Saturday — the British marched into Washington, D.C., and set fire to the Capitol, the White House and most other government facilities in our capital city.

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 ...

The day after the Senate followed the House of Representatives in voting to declare war against Great Britain, President ...

The first major renovation of the White House took place during the War of 1812. On August 24, 1814, British troops marched on Washington, DC, and burned the White House, the Capitol, and several ...

Joy Reid claimed on Don Lemon's show that Canada burned down the White House in 1814. However, it was actually the British, not Canada, who did so during the War of 1812. Canada, then a British ...

Former Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien joked about burning down the White House Sunday in response ... calling back to the acrimonious War of 1812 between the two nations.

The White House was burned by the British during the War of 1812, and it was rebuilt by the original architect, James Hoban. Over the years, new pieces were added to the White House. It was also ...

But the White House said ... that are at war with the United States. U.S. presidents have issued executive proclamations and invoked this law three times: during the War of 1812, World War I ...

The U.S. declaration of war against Great Britain in 1812 capped off years of tensions, in part over seizures of American ships and sailors as Britain fought a string of wars with France. For the ...