[married21]

War of 1812— having the White House sacked and burned by the British was a real bummer.

South seceding from the Union.

Lincoln assasination.
Garfield assasination.

FDR inaugurated to an unprecedented 3rd term.

[Verginius Rufus]

Bill O'Reilly has now written books on the assassination of Lincoln and the assassination of Kennedy.

I'm waiting for him to announce what is the next book in the series: Garfield or McKinley.

[Verginius Rufus]

The burning of Washington in 1814 destroyed the earliest census records for some states—a blow to many people doing genealogical research. The burning of Richmond in 1865 caused a greater loss, but confined to people with ancestors in Virginia.