September 22, 2014
Foreground: Homes at 208 and 210 North Fairfax Street today. Both houses were built before 1814, and both might have been destroyed had the British navy opened fire on Alexandria in August 1814.
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War of 1812 – Who Won?
After the British left Washington and Alexandria, their good luck changed. On Sept. 12-14, 1814, the Americans defeated them at Baltimore and on Jan. 8, 1815, defeated them again at New Orleans. Even before the Battle of New Orleans, the British had had enough of the war. In Ghent, Belgium on Dec. 24, 1814, they and American negotiators signed a treaty to end it. The U.S. Senate ratified the treaty, and President Madison signed it on Feb. 16, 1815. The War of 1812 finally was over.
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