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To: afraidfortherepublic
FTA: Six months later, the war ended in a virtual stalemate, and British leader George Cockburn returned home, where his portrait features Washington blazing in the background.


3 posted on 08/31/2014 12:28:05 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Did the Americans who burned York (Toronto) have similar paintings commissioned? That was the rationale for the burning of the White House.


13 posted on 08/31/2014 12:46:21 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

It wasn’t a stalemate. The Brits failed to dominate us and control the sealanes. If it was a stalemate we’d all be speaking British driving on the left and drinking warm beer


16 posted on 08/31/2014 1:39:12 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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