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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Canada gets a shout out on CBS. First time since War of 1812 that the Capitol building has been breached.
They actually said "the british" but I don't care. I'm considering it a Canadian reference.
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It was the British. Canada didn't have regular troops. There was a militia of some 3000 French Canadians and 12,000 British troops sent over a month before the conflict. Canada not exist, not for another 55 years, it was a war between the USA and British North America.