Major General Robert Ross, commanding the North American Army of the United Kingdom, lands in Maryland at the mouth of the Patuxent River. 

       [restored 12/11/2021]

Subsequent Events:

7/24/1814                6/12/1864

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 74.

Current U.s. National Debt:

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