Posted on 08/26/2014 3:51:25 AM PDT by Fenhalls555
British diplomats in Washington are apologizing for Twitter posts that made light of the 200th anniversary of their troops torching the White House in the War of 1812.
The apologies were prompted after the British Embassy posted a picture Sunday of Patrick Davis, deputy British ambassador to the United States, with a caption saying he was participating in "the anniversary of burning of the White House with a BBQ.”
The picture was followed by another, about an hour later, that showed a White House replica atop a sheet cake, flanked by sparklers. The caption said: “Commemorating the 200th anniversary of burning the White House. Only sparklers this time!”
Within hours of the tweets, the embassy received several angry Twitter responses and eventually backed off. "Apologies for earlier Tweet. We meant to mark an event in history & celebrate our strong friendship today," the embassy wrote.
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— I actually thought it was pretty funny.
A gentle bit of humor
in a long and sometime raucous relationship
All I said was that we lost potential photographic evidence of our old white house - nothing about Empire, expansion, Canada, cake or anything else. I have absolutely no interest in refighting the War of 1812. If you want to go on about this, I wish you’d go to the Guardian pages.
Also, to others, we lost many historical records when the White House was burned - genealogical records that have hampered Americans researching their past.
It was George Washington who whipped our forces into shape. Indeed, they were not only a rag-tag army, they were boisterous, rebellious and drove our great general to tearing out whatever hair he had left. They wouldn’t even march in order. It wasn’t until they gained respect for Washington and he stopped screaming at them and using overly severe punishment methods on them, that they finally came together as a victorious army.
If you want one book that will show you just how
Bilko-esque our army was at the beginning, try “Private Yankee Doodle,” written by Joseph Plumb Martin - he was there and recorded it all.
It occurs to me that if we can get the Klown to move out we should invite them back for a re-enactment. Start fresh, doncha know.
Great story! And they say Americans have no sense of humor!
Bill Ayers wished he penned that, I’m sure.
Geez, people need to lighten up. I thought it was funny.
I wouldn’t feel too bad about that, and here is why:
For YEARS, (I mean as far back as 1986 or farther), there is a group on Long island, NY, that celebrates the return of ‘The British Troops’ during The American Revolution, landing in The Hamptons.
Brits have some strange senses of humor, intent is often mistaken.
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For the cliche of the day, it is only ourselves we judge by intent. All others are judged by their words and actions.
The Continental Army of 1776-83 is what won the war, a well trained, skilful army trained by Americans with experience and European officers drafted in. NOT the myth of poor farmers with pointed sticks.
The US forces may have been ragtag at first, but the myth of poor farmers in rags fighting the Briddish with pitchforks and gumption is not only dreadful history, it ignores the rise of an efficient and skilful US army in the war. And for people (not you) to suggest the US army in 1812-14 was again some rag-wearing poor old army is ridiculoius.
I will search out the book you mentioned.
Nope.
I and many others wil vote NO, and I expect a 60-40 victory, perhaps a few points more.
I replied to post 10, not 12.
I agree. Anyone offended by that is an idiot or a liberal.
Oh dear, there’s always one.
Americans are too friggin sensitive.
If the Brits cannot nudge us in the ribs once in a while who can.
I thought it was funny as well.
Oh lighten up. Funny how you all forget WHY we burned the WH.
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LOL.
Because the Brits were still in a bit of a snit over a war that had ended a couple of decades earlier, and needed to be reminded of that outcome again?
Or was it because the British land forces couldnt accomplish anything terribly strategic, so they did something petty?
Personally I find the ‘outrage’ over this story just incredibly silly.
I wonder if we will see a cake of out embassy with a chopper on the roof?
We celebrate blasting them out of the country before every sporting event from high school to the pros.
The only thing the embassy needs to apologize for is conducting business via Twitter. Are they a bunch of 14-year-olds?
Next year is the 40th anniversary of the American defeat in Vietnam. Just thought you might have forgotten.
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And the 65th anniversary of Dunkirk.
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