by Tom Emery It may have been America’s greatest humiliation. And many believe it was totally unnecessary. August 24 marks the anniversary of the burning of the nation’s capital of Washington, D.C. by British troops, who torched the White House (then known as the Presidential Mansion), the Capitol Building, and other key landmarks. The conflagration was the lowest point of the War of 1812 for the...
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