After everyone had fled the city, we see the city burning from the river. We say the Union flag flying over our city. Most of the government and public buildings were burned to the ground, like the Library of Congress. I saw First Lady Dolly Madison with the portrait of George Washington, what a true American she was. Before the British scums could get to the Washington Naval Yard we burned it so they couldn’t get any ammo or any ships. When day was suppose to come, a horrible hurricane came and some tornados formed due to the storm. The rain put out the fires and saved most of the exteriors of the buildings the British tried to burn, and the British retreated to there ships which were badly damaged due to the storm. Then as soon as it came the storm settled. We quickly returned to our homes and reoccupied the city.
This act on the capital all over the nation love, will put aside there differences and get revenge on attacking our capital. They would probably realise that if they were unified they could have prevented this attack. This could add to the list of reseasons why we should join the army and get rid of the British troops. People would remember all the hard work Washington did to make this nation and realise there should post-pone sovling there own problems and help the country as a whole. The people knew that if they didn't have a government, that is now burned that the country would go into chaos and it would cause more problems then fix.
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Ben this was really thought out. What was your personal response to the essential question? You also have a couple of grammatical errors or sentences that do not make sense. Are you sure that a hurricane came the day after the night of the burning?
How tragic! You described it very well. Facts are accurate and your journal ran smoothly. You have a good story telling voice.
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