>it was actually sandstone painted
> white prior to the War of 1812).
You know, it still strikes me as odd the way you're using that phrase: to me, what happened in 1812 was Napoleon invading Russia. (There'a a rather good Overture been written about it). I hadn't realised there was anything much going on in America at the time.
> One of the few casualties of the
> Burning of Washington was the destruction of the
> Library of Congress,
> including many priceless historical documents.
Considering which list we're on....
<standard anti-Yank insult> Oh, they had historical
documents? Was the ink dry?</standard anti-Yank
insult>
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