Hot! War Of 1812

A PBS documentary in which broadcast Monday night, The War of 1812 , offers story lovers in search of available clues to the 199-year-old conflict.

In the documentary, we know which the most important countries included from the struggle have got extremely different interpretations involving it: The Canadians bear in mind it fondly; the British hardly; as well as the United States merely with the bombs bursting within air.

Spurred upon because of the interest in your war, in addition to a new determined amateur from the traditional field, I took on the broad microfilm connected with this Library of Congress that will ferret out there more information. I discovered this specific wood engraving titled, The consuming of the hub of Washington around America.

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The caption reads: The City regarding Washington Capital from the United States with America seemed to be used with the British allows underneath Major Gen. Ross with Aug. 24th 1814 when you burnt in addition to demolished their particular Dock Yard having a Frigate including a Sloop regarding War, Rope Walk, Arsenal, Senate House, President azines Palace, War Office, Treasury plus the Great Bridge. With the Flotilla everyone building destroyed amounted to their late twenties Millions with Dollars.ar Office, Treasury as well as the Great Bridge.

It utes a bit more sedate all over all these these segments nowadays.