The early census records for some states (such as Virginia) are missing, and it’s thought that they were destroyed during the British attack on Washington. So some Americans doing genealogical research in that period are still negatively affected by what the British did.
Unfortunate, I agree...however, do you honestly believe that the Brits really gave a damn?
Not to sound too snarky, but it’s not like the Brits sat around thinking about how the could screw the progeny of those Americans a couple of hundred years into the future...
If we weren’t willing to suffer the consequences of our own actions, we shouldn’t have burned down the Canadian capitol, no?
I’m still not offended by the cake, nor the Brits recognizing what, to them, is a significant event...it’s THEIR history they’re celebrating.