Comment on The White House Rose Garden was replaced by pavement

• FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Come on down, the address hasn’t changed.

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• outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If you’re still offering…

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• Witchfire@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Can I sign up for this mailing list?

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• INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m not familiar what’s the history there?

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  • limelight79@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    War of 1812. They burned the White House.

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    • Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That was the Brits.

      worldatlas.com/…/did-canada-burn-down-the-white-h…

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      • limelight79@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Don’t worry, Canada still takes credit for it.

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    • INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well today I learned!

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  • SinAdjetivos@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Reference to the war of 1812, it was still ~50 years before Canada slipped the British leash but there’s some weird nationalist revisionist history surrounding it.

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• Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Where’s the sign up sheet? I’ll stand on guard for thee.

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