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File:Nova Scotia DSC07295 - Major General Ross & the White House (35073189944).jpg

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The portrait is of Major General Ross who came to North America in 1814 to command the British army on the east coast of the United States. He captured Washington D.C. and burned the public buildings, including the White House. He was killed in Baltimore and buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Ross's body was preserved in a barrel of 586 litres (129 gallons) of Jamaican rum, his body was shipped on the British ship HMS Royal Oak to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where his body was interred on 29 September 1814 in the Old Burying Ground.
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Author Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada
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PLEASE, no multi invitations or self promotion in your comments, THEY WILL BE DELETED. My photos are FREE for anyone to use, just give me credit and it would be nice if you let me know, thanks - NONE OF MY PICTURES ARE HDR.

Camera location44° 38′ 38″ N, 63° 34′ 21.84″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by archer10 (Dennis) 116M Views at https://flickr.com/photos/22490717@N02/35073189944 (archive). It was reviewed on 28 February 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

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