On This Day In History.......the White House....

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1814: British forces captured Washington DC and burned down the what was later to become known as the White House.

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Yes, and strangely connected to Napoleon and Waterloo.

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Indeed Zacs, what is often not appreciated was that at the time the UK was also fighting the short French bloke so could not give the US war of independence our full attention.

Fun Fact, the white became so named because they hastily white washed over the burnt exterior shortly after.

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Ireland pulled the same stunt a century later when we were mostly tied up in the small matter of TGW.

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It was known as the White House before the British set it on fire.

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/questions/why-is-the-white-house-white

"Congressman Abijah Bigelow wrote to a colleague on March 18, 1812 (three months before the United States entered war with Great Britain):

"There is much trouble at the White House, as we call it, I mean the President's"

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Fun fact, the White House was originally called "The executive Mansion".