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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]The War of 1812 was a sideshow for the British who were involved in the Napoleonic Wars at the time. Specifically, when the war broke out, Britain was fighting in the Peninsular War which involved fighting against France in Spain and Portugal. There would be a lot to learn about British actions during that time and the burning of the home of the leader of what they probably considered a provincial backwater was probably not particularly important.
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Agreed.  The White House was just a building to them. It's part of our favorite lore because Dolley Madison rescued a Washington portrait, etc.

My son and I were at Edinburgh Castle looking at the exhibits re: regimental actions.  There was not a lot on the Revolutionary War.  We were looking at history of regiments that had been in areas that we have visited in the US.  We wondered if they were being polite because we are allies now or they didn't want to focus on losses.

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/head-tilting-history/culloden-colonies-revolutionary-scots#:~:text=Some%20of%20the%20most%20notable,all%20theaters%20of%20the%20war.[/quote]

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