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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...