National Post
The Halifax, N.S., gravesite of the British general who burned down the White House 211 years ago this week was a busy place Monday.
Larry and Connie Tremain, of Arizona, had just disembarked from their cruise ship when they visited the city’s Old Burying Ground, at the corner of Spring Garden Road and Barrington Street. The national historic site is the final resting place of British Major General Robert Ross, who led his troops to burn the White House and other public buildings in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 24, 1814, during the War of 1812, in retaliation for the American attack on Fort York, now known as Toronto.
“We’ve been looking for him,” deadpanned Larry Tremain, a retired special agent with the U.S. Treasury Department.
While he hadn’t been sure until Monday where Ross was burie
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