The grave of the general who burned the White House became popular against the backdrop of the Trade War between Canada and the United States
And the reason for this was the relationship between Canada and the United States, which became very tense after Donald Trump's return to the post of president, writes National Post. "I have friends in the United States, and when you break this issue, they look at us as if we have three heads. They consider us too sweet," one of the guests from Toronto said. Robert Ross's grave is also attended by tourists from the United States.
Yes, Larry and Connie Tremein from Arizona just got off the cruise liner and visited the city old cemetery at the corner of Spring Garden Road and Barrington Street. This historic place is the last shelter of British Major General Robert Ross, who, on August 24, 1814, during the war of 1812, headed the burning of the White House and other public buildings in Washington, the district of Columbia, in revenge for the attack of Americans on Fort York.
"We were looking for it," Larry Tremein told reporters, a retired special agent of the US Department of Finance. Although Tremein was not sure of Monday where Ross was buried, he knew the details of how the British set fire to the residence of the then US President James Madison. "Of course, I am familiar with the history of the white house's escape and how the British general burned it and actually eaten the last meal of the Medisons in the White House.
But I did not know that General Ross from Canada," he said. Of course, Canada did not exist yet, and Ross never served in Galifax. But he was buried in the capital of New Scotland after he was killed by the American sniper in the Battle of North Point on September 12, 1814 near Baltimor, Maryland. His body was preserved in Roma on board HMS Royal Oak to deliver to his native Ireland.
However, the British warship was redefined in Galifax to prepare for the battle for the new Orleans, and Ross was buried here with all military honors. As the United States and Canada are now involved in the Trade War, tremein suspects that many of his compatriots do not know the history of the general who once set fire to the official workplace and the US Presidents.
Tremein notes that his son is a history teacher at an American school, but in elementary and high school history is no longer taught. "Most Americans, younger than 20 years, do not know the difference between George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, not to mention the history of the war of 1812," he says, and emphasizes that US President Donald Trump also does not know history, as it often speaks of Canada as the 51st state.
Tremein has apologized in a conversation with Canadian journalists for repeated threats of Trump to apply economic force to Canada's annexation and believes that the President is detrimental to relations between the two countries. Canadians joke that many Americans are surprised when they find out that the White House was burned and that the general who "dropped the match" was buried in Canada. "They need to know more about our country.
They know nothing about Canada," says Joe-Ann Wilcox from Toronto, who specifically came to Galifax to go to General Ross's grave. Americans should visit places such as General's tomb to get a certain idea of recent events, says Wilcox: "Perhaps they will treat us with greater respect, because, in my opinion, Americans do not respect Canada at all. " "It seems to me that American exclusivity makes them blind for everything.