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Originally posted by Nysus
Hey Fletch,
I decide to go read and learn more, as I truthfully never looked into the matter of the Whitehouse being burned down in August of 1814... So I decide to check into it... I couldn't find any sources mentioning "Canadians" burned down the Whitehouse, though then I thought to myself, what/who were "Canadians" in 1814 ... and the only conclusion I can come to is to, for the most part, the British. So in essence, it was the Canadians who burned down the Whitehouse. 
Cheers,
Matt
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hey just so you know.
The guy who set the White House on fire is:
'Cockburn, Sir George, 1772?1853, British admiral. He served in the Mediterranean, and in the War of 1812 he participated in the Chesapeake Bay expeditions and in the burning of Washington. He conveyed Napoleon I in the Northumberland to St. Helena, remaining there as governor (1815?16).'
Heres the actual newspaper article.
http://www.newstribune.com/stories/0...0824990005.asp