That Time Britain Burned Down The White House

An insane war, a city reduced to ash, and the cataclysmic weather event that may have saved the day.

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Serenade For Strings E Major Op 22 - Iii - Scherzo - Vivace_Main
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home
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Colonial March
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Constitution
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Great Britain Suite
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Coriolan Op 62 Overture
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Liberty
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Battle Lost
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STILLS
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White House
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British soldier
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Cartoon tornado and cyclone characters
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Europe, Ireland, England, Scotland, United Kingdom, Wales, 1866, British Isles, British Isles
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Business icon set
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Vintage Clip Art and Illustrations | Writing on a Desk
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THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 4TH OF JULY 1776
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Old fashioned bank vault
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Church yard of Saint-Germain-lAuxerrois church, demolitions in Paris, France, illustration from LIllustration, Journal Universel, No 714, Volume XXVII, November 1, 1856
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A Hundred Years Peace
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Wichita
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Newspaper Boy - Nostalgia
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Table with a tablecloth
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Richard Rush
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Port of Laodicea (Latakia), Syria, illustration from LIllustration, Journal Universel, No 731, Volume XXIX, February 28, 1857
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Jenny Lind
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Great fire in Southwark, view from Cottons Yard, showing spot where Mr Braidwood was killed, London, illustration from magazine Illustrated London News, volume XXXIX, July 6, 1861
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George Cockburn
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Storm Clouds
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1880s 1882 ILLUSTRATION...
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Crowd of people chasing and catching a thief
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Buildings destroyed by the explosion of the powder keg of Mainz, Germany, illustration from LIllustration, Journal Universel, No 773, Volume XXIX, December 19, 1857
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White House after the fire of 1814
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Room in which poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) was born, illustration from magazine Illustrated London News, volume XXXIV, January 29, 1859
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Chained prisoner
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Autumn harvest sketch symbol with fresh vegetables
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jungle
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