Quote Originally Posted by Shelbay
What does 1812 have to do with this..I didn't even know Canada had ever been in a war
We burnt the white house down?

"In 1814 during the War of 1812, much of Washington, D.C., was burned down by British troops and the White House was gutted, leaving only the exterior walls standing. Popular legend holds that during the rebuilding of the structure white paint was applied to mask the burn damage it had suffered, giving the building its namesake hue. This is, however, unfounded as the building had been painted white since 1798. Of the numerous spoils taken from the White House when it was ransacked by British troops, only two have been recovered â?? a painting of George Washington, rescued by then-first lady Dolley Madison, and a jewelry box returned to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1939 by a Canadian who said his grandfather had taken it from Washington. The majority of bounty was lost when a fleet of British ships en route to Halifax sank off Prospect during a storm."

Canada at the time was a part of the British Empire.. therefore making all Canadian soldiers, British soldiers.

Who knows, we might do it again someday.....

doubt it though..