You did not know, that the White House is only white because Canadians burned it, and the Americans wanted to cover the burnt parts so they quickly painted it white. amirite?

+37 You did not know, that the White House is only white because Canadians burned it, and the Americans wanted to cover the burnt parts so they quickly painted it white. amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

The British*

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I came to the comments for that exact reason. This is pretty sad.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I was always under the impression that it just burnt down completely, so when they rebuilt, they just had it painted white. Unless I'm thinking of something else...?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Also in the same scenario didn't the First Lady at the time save a bunch of paintings? I'm going on a memory from the seventh grade, so I'm not to sure..

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Oh for heavens sake. That is wrong Canadians don't do that stuff I https://www.whitehousehistory.org/questions/why-is-the-white-house-whitethink it was the British or maybe the Southerners. https://www.whitehousehistory.org/questions/why-is-the-white-house-white read that

by Anonymous 7 years ago