![](http://www.alamy.com/thumbs/6/96AF0B2B-8323-4153-8A12-5AC9C0DA31EE/D5GN10.jpg)
Ninety years ago this week the British burned our national capitol (LOC)
Size: 1183px × 1690px
Photo credit: © PF-(bygone1) / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 1812, archive, benedict, blandensburg, capitol, congress, dc:identifier=, dc:identifier=httpchroniclingamericalocgovlccnsn8303021419040821ed1seq23, historic, history, house, illustrated, illustratedsupplement, library, libraryofcongress, news, photograph, photojournalism, supplement, vintage, war, warof1812, washington, white, whitehouse, xmlns:dc=, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11