It's been 200 years since the British burned Washington!

[HUBMUSWELL]

WOW, I though everything was done and dusted in 1776...

The burning was one of the final events of the often-forgotten War of 1812, a conflict which saw the US try and fail to grab bits of Canada and Britain try and fail to blockade the US. British troops torched the White House.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28833238

 

[AnubisNefer]

And a couple of hundred years since the Dutch sold New Amsterdam which is now known as New York ;-)

 

[HUBMUSWELL]

And a couple of hundred years since the Dutch sold New Amsterdam which is now known as New York ;-)

It was like a trade in the end, the Brits got New York and the Dutch got the tiny Island of Run in North Maluku, rich in nutmegs.

 

[Asopp]

I consider my self a little bit of a history buff, but this has completely skipped the radar.

 

[HUBMUSWELL]

I consider my self a little bit of a history buff, but this has completely skipped the radar.

I'm useless on American History...BUT every so often I do some background reading when stuff like this comes up...

 

[wyatt03]

Well at least we all get a long now

 

[PKAVFC]

Wow, so this happened the same time Zavvi announced the Indy Steels.