It's been 210 years since the White House burned. Let's talk about it. More than two centuries ago, the White House began its rise from literal ashes to become a center of global leadership.

Before they burned the White House, the British rummaged through it. Here, too, Cockburn relished the chance to show his American hostage his pleasure at humiliating the former colony.

While it is true that the White House was burned down during the War of 1812, it was British troops that torched it. It would be more than 50 years until Canada was even founded as a country.

The Library of Congress and thousands of books were burned to cinders.. The march on the White House. The British began marching down Pennsylvania Avenue in two rows toward the White House.

Former Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien joked about burning down the White House Sunday in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s saber-rattling—calling back to the acrimonious War ...

The Confederate White House in Richmond circa 1910. (Library of Congress) Not long after the Davis family moved to Richmond, Elizabeth Van Lew offered her slave, Ellen Bond, as a house servant to ...

The American-British friendship has been close and special for generations. But 210 years ago this month, British troops set fire to the White House, gutting it from the inside − the last time another ...