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and whitewashing of all kinds has become the routine in that building
ever since...
-L.D.
On Mar 16, 2006, at 10:59 AM, Darryl MacKenzie wrote:
>
> Oy… again, Canada doesn’t get the credit..
>
> Though Canada was a British Colony at the time, full of United Empire
> Loyalists (who came mainly from the New England area of the US), it
> was primarily Canadians that burned the White House. It was not White
> until after the building was burned, but was whitewashed to cover the
> scarring from the flames. My ancestors, who settled in Upper Canada
> after having been in the US, participated in this burning, and in
> other battles during the War.
>
> One of my favourite songs about the event is ‘The White House Burned’
> by the Arrogant Worms. A copy of the lyrics can be found at:
> http://fan.spiffy-ness.ca/war/index.php?about .
>
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>
> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Barbara Hass
> Sent: March 16, 2006 7:19 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] painting of the burning of Washington
>
> http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/printable/section.asp?
> id=2
>
> this web site has a thumbnail color painting illustration by Allyn Cox.
> It will zoom and enlarge and it has this credit
>
> "
> British Burn the Capitol, 1814 by Allyn Cox
> Courtesy of Architect of the Capitol "
>
> found with an A9 search engine terms capitol burn 1812
>
> Barbara Hass, retired librarian
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