Thing is almost any patriotic song would be a better choice bc it wouldn't be directly tied to a war where we were far less than honorable
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And it was Key being a drama queen too - burning of DC aside there was no serious possibility Britain would "reconquer" the USA
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And the burning of DC was not that big a deal. They have plenty of warning to evacuate, only casualty was a guy who shot the generals horse
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My fav story of the White House burning is how Dolley Madison heroically stayed behind to rescue the portrait of George Washington
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By "rescue" I mean "stand three ordering a slave to rescue it"
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Fun fact the man who saved that portrait later bought his freedom and, in later life, paid to support Dolley when she fell into debt
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Lesson: History is complicated, and sometimes taking care of needy white people is a hard habit to break
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