In August, 1814.
The British Army
the british burn the white house the capitol
In August 1814.
The War of 1812 saw the British come to Washington and burn the White House and other government buildings .
General Robert Ross commanded the British soldiers that burned the White House,
War of 1812
Yes. The British burned down the White House, and other public buildings, during the War of 1812.
It was called the White House after the British burned it in the War of 1812, and the rebuilt it. They painted it white to cover the burn marks, and so people started calling it the white house.
The white house is white because in 1812 the British set fire to it and a section was burned. So, in 1815 it was painted white to cover the burn marks. Those burn marks are still there under the paint.
British forces burned down the White House and destroyed most of the nation's Capital, Washington D.C. , in 1814
the british trooped burned down the capitol and the white house
The White House and other building sin Washington DC.