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The "War of 1812 Scented Candle", complete with miniature White House near the wick, is, I cannot emphasise this enough, AN ACTUAL REAL PRODUCT THAT YOU CAN BUY (even if it's currently sold out back in stock??).

The candle is funny enough by itself, but the ad copy on the maker's website is gold (and surprisingly astute):

It goes on to add:

We should also note that even though the British Army DID burn Washington, it was only after Americans had burned and looted the capital of Canada, as well as a bunch of other Canadian cities. But no one ever makes a candle about that! (Including us.)

THE BEST PART AND MOST 🔥🔥🔥 TAKE:

#andr*w j*ckson (ugh)#how i hate him #and the bad choice of national anthem #war of 1812 #us history #that time we made the british empire look like the good guys #scented candles #military history #i'm probably this close to starting a war of 1812 fight on my post #canadian history #i feel compelled to add that yes i know it was upper canada and not the modern nation founded after confederation ET CETERA #surprisingly little hostility in the notes but a lot of pedantry

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