[Bryanw92]

Americans should celebrate the anniversary by burning Washington DC again.

[cripplecreek]

Remember the River Raisin!

[yarddog]

I believe an act of God saved the Capital from being occupied by the British.

At the height of their looting and burning both a hurricane and thunderstorm hit the capital. It was so severe that several British soldiers were killed and many injured.

They were forced to abandon the capital.

That really does sound like an act of God.

[Tennessee Nana]

My 3rd great grandfather fought in the War of 1812...

The Americans burnt down his widowed mothers house in the hamlet of St Davids July 1814...

[Fiji Hill]

I'll see you're War of 1812 by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie and raise you The Eighth of January by Jimmy Driftwood

[Verginius Rufus]

So today is the anniversary of the burning of Washington, D.C., in 1814, and also of the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum.

The only thing the two events have in common, besides happening on the same day of the year, is that both were the fault of George W. Bush.

[Squawk 8888]

Canada Ping!

[Figment]

Yeah they burned DC in 1814. It wasn’t long after they turned tail and ran away. The “Battle of New Orleans” was also in 1814, 2 weeks after the war was over