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Originally Posted by nailer
That would be the Battle of Baltimore.  Spent some good times as a youngster at Fort McHenry, where the British fleet was repulsed. |
"Throughout the events of that day, a great storm blew into the city the night of 24 August 1814, and it continued to get worse, even tornadoes came down from the sky, terrifying the troops who felt God was not happy about what was happening in Washington City."" Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington