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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
His watercolor entitled The President's House was painted following the fire of August 24, 1814, set by British troops during their invasion of Washington, D.C. in the War of 1812. The painting shows the burned shell of the White House from a distance, starkly emphasizing its ruin and isolation in the surrounding landscape of sparse trees.
English: A 95 x 203 mm pen and ink drawing of the first Upper Canada Parliament, destroyed in the War of 1812. The site was first developed for the colony's Parliament commencing in 1794, and the buildings were burned to the ground by American forces on 27 April 1813.
330 BC – Persepolis destroyed by fire after its capture by Alexander the Great. 146 BC – Carthage was systematically burned down over 17 days by the Romans at the end of the Third Punic War; 64 – Great Fire of Rome, Italy; 79 – Lyon burned to ashes. [1] 406 – A great fire burns down much of Constantinople.
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Gilchrist said Salish Fire Keepers conducted five cultural burns this past spring on territorial lands within First Nations territories, over about 250 hectares — about a square mile — of land.
Charles de Salaberry eludes them, and, in the haze, U.S. troops fire upon each other. David Thompson retires to Montreal. The Americans gain several victories, on the water, as Napoleon engages the British attention. The United States calls out 175,000 men, Canada 2,000. For all purposes Canada votes 87,000 pounds. John Sandfield Macdonald
Riall's raid was eventually halted when the Americans set fire to a bridge over the Tonawanda Creek. Drummond and Riall intended further devastation, and Riall's troops returned to the Canadian side of the Niagara and marched south around Niagara Falls, carrying their boats, to launch an attack on the villages of Buffalo and Black Rock.