On 10/07/2005 07:16 AM, jfweber@bellsouth.net wrote:
On October Friday 07 2005 7:15 am, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
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Ha ha... :-):-) How many Americans even know that Canadians burnt the White House to the ground in 1812? Good call. :-):-)
I didn't know we burnt the White House in 1812; I always thought that happened in 1814
Aha! and here was me thinking that History was only a passing fad since it seems not to be taught in US schools any longer. Of course it would be crude of me to remind you that Andy Jackson et. al. whipped your butts ;-) No more crude than it would be for me to remind -you- that the Battle of New Orleans was irrelevant in the War of 1812 -- the treaty ending it had already been signed 3 weeks earlier. Oh, and it was the only major land battle the USA won, unless you include the British failure to capture Fort Henry -- both times the US tried to invade Canada, however, it lost. ;)