The Burning of Washington, also known as the Capture of Washington, was a successful British amphibious attack conducted by Rear-Admiral George Cockburn...

edsitement.neh.gov. Retrieved October 21, 2021. "Dolly Madison on the Burning of Washington - 1814". nationalcenter.org. November 3, 2001. Archived from the...

at the Battle of Bladensburg, and carried out the Burning of Washington. United States Secretary of War John Armstrong Jr. insisted that the British were...

capital area since the burning of Washington during the War of 1812.[citation needed] Following the attacks, the western side of the building was repaired...

were completed in 1800. These were partly destroyed in the 1814 Burning of Washington, then were fully restored within five years. The building was enlarged...

the Battle of Bladensburg on 24 August; that evening, he led his troops into Washington D.C. During his command of the Burning of Washington many important...

during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by British forces in the burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior...

by President George Washington. The city came under attack during the War of 1812 in an episode known as the Burning of Washington. Upon the government's...

directed the capture and Burning of Washington on 24 August 1814 as an advisor to Major General Robert Ross during the War of 1812. He went on to be First...

States. The event's name comes from its culminating ceremony: the symbolic burning of a large wooden effigy, referred to as the Man, that occurs on the penultimate...

justification for the British Burning of Washington later in the war. Prévost wrote that "as a just retribution, the proud capital at Washington has experienced a...

of thousands gathered in May 1916 to watch the torture and burning of Washington.[citation needed] Those unveiling the marker included relatives of Washington...

The north wall of the Yard was built in 1809 along with a guardhouse, now known as the Latrobe Gate. After the Burning of Washington in 1814, Tingey...

Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film directed by Alan Parker and written by Chris Gerolmo that is loosely based on the 1964 murder...

ultimately defeated largely through the efforts of forces commanded by Rodgers and Porter. The burning of Washington shocked the nation and was denounced by most...

with a force of 4,500 "battle-hardened" men, during the burning of Washington. British troops, commanded by Ross, set fire to a number of public buildings...

1815 to 1819, while the Capitol Building was rebuilt after the burning of Washington. "Old Brick" served as a private school, a boarding house, and,...

Franzoni and used in the small domed vestibule of the Senate. Only this vestibule survived the Burning of Washington in 1814, nearly intact. With peace restored...

his home after the Burning of Washington and the Raid on Alexandria. A friend of Key's, Beanes was accused of aiding the detention of several British Army...

force of Regular Army and state militia troops. The American defeat resulted in the capture and burning of the national capital of Washington, D.C.,...

fire was the most destructive to strike the White House since the Burning of Washington 115 years earlier. One hundred and thirty firefighters, over nineteen...

The Burning Sun scandal, also known as Burning Sun gate, was a 2019 entertainment and sex scandal in Seoul, South Korea, which involved several celebrities...

Treasury Building, and the White House in what became known as the burning of Washington. However, a storm forced the British to evacuate the city after...

Forty-eight of the desks date back to 1819, when the Senate chamber was reconstructed after the original contents were destroyed in the 1812 Burning of Washington...

Death by burning (also known as immolation) is an execution, murder, or suicide method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat. It has a long...

are related to Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet, who ordered the Burning of Washington in 1814. Cockburn was educated at Glenalmond College, Perthshire...

Stubble burning is the practice of intentionally setting fire to the straw stubble that remains after grains, such as rice and wheat, have been harvested...

part in the burning of Washington in August 1814 and the attack on Baltimore in September 1814 and being deployed in operations off the coast of Georgia during...

Is Burning is a 1990 American documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New...

National Museum of American History. May 30, 2014. Steve Vogel (2014). Through the Perilous Fight: From the Burning of Washington to the Star-Spangled...