The following is a severe compression of a longer article, entitled “Why the White House Was Burned: An Investigation
Topic: Major-General Robert Ross
2 articles tagged Major-General Robert Ross
May 11, 2026
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Friends of Fort York
The President’s House, watercolour on paper by George Munger, 1814-15 (12″ x 16″). After the “conflagration” of August 24,
