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National Park Service-Chesapeake Bay Program Office-Releases 2009 Year in Review

Maryland's Upper Bay Celebrates the Trail

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The British burned parts of Washington, D.C. including the White House in August 1814.

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The low point in the War of 1812 for the United States was undoubtedly the British occupation of Washington in August of 1814. Neither Secretary of War John Armstrong nor any other high official in the government thought the capital was in jeopardy because it had no real strategic value.
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