# Did Canadians burn down the White House?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-canadians-burn-down-the-white-house/57731>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 13, 2001, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-canadians-burn-down-the-white-house/57731 "2001-03-13T00:50:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-canadians-burn-down-the-white-house/57731/21 "2014-02-21T21:09:42Z")

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Since this 13-year-old thread has been bumped merely to post information that merely confirms what has already been established, that British troops burned the White House, I’m closing it.

If anyone has any new information indicating Canadian troops were involved, PM me and I’ll re-open it.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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