September 27th, 2021
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IsItBullshit: The English Royal Family Cannot Legally Step on Washington D.C. Soil Due to a Longstanding 1814 Law, So They Have To Be Pardoned By the President Every Time They Visit the White House
I just had one of those experiences where you suddenly unlock a very specific childhood memory through sensory experience. I was chalking my staff during a game of billiards, and the smell of chalk brought me back to my fourth grade history classroom. I remembered learning about the War of 1812, when the Brits tried to take us back into their empire but failed and burned down D.C. After the end of the war, we learned, Congress passed a law that banned anyone with British Royal blood to step on D.C. soil. Obviously, there have been visits by the Royal Family to D.C. in the four centuries since then, but my teacher said that they had to be pardoned by the President. In my child-like brain, that made sense, but now I'm skeptical.
I couldn't find anything about this online, so I almost just assumed it was bullshit or a false memory or something, but this morning I was talking to my British friend who said HE LEARNED THE SAME THING. He also said he remembers a lyric from a song they sang at his school that goes something like "[sic] While the Frenchman marched toward the tsar / Old Brits faced a familiar war from afar / The Yanks, they hated our torch / Barred us from ever stepping on their porch."
Is this some sort of crazy Mandolin Effect, or is there some truth to this? I can't find anything online, but there's no way both me and my friend both have the same false memory from different countries' education systems.
September 27th, 2021
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Comments:
doc_daneeka
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surlybear17
I’ve not heard of the historical law you remember.
I do hope you mean “Mandela Effect” or you might be on to something… Mandela Effect on Wikipedia
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Cromakoth
Your post reads like a fever dream.
It has been 2 centuries since the early 1800s, not 4.
It's called the Mandela effect, named after people falsely remembering the death of Nelson Mandela.
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internetboyfriend666
I don't even know where to start with this one
I remembered learning about the War of 1812, when the Brits tried to take us back into their empire but failed
No. This is totally wrong. The War if 1812 had nothing to do with the British trying to reconquer the United States. That was never their goal.
After the end of the war, we learned, Congress passed a law that banned anyone with British Royal blood to step on D.C. soil
This never happened. This is completely made up.
in the four centuries since then
It's been 2 centuries since the War of 1812, not 4.
my teacher said that they had to be pardoned by the President
Complete nonsense
Is this some sort of crazy Mandolin Effect
It's the Mandela Effect, not Mandolin Effect
In short, all of this is 100% Bullshit and completely insane. I have no idea where you got absolutely any of this stuff from.
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semirandm
It would be the most ironic Mandela effect if a large portion of people would remember it as Mandolin effect :P
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sac_boy
In the world they are from, beloved South African singer-songwriter Nelson Mandolin died in prison because of his anti-apartheid protest songs
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isbadfoyohealth
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irishwolfman
In the US we (or at least my school) are taught it was the British impressment of US sailors that sparked the war, and we attempted to "coax" British Canada into an independence war as well.
Obviously the 2nd part did not go so well, nor the entire war really
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afaber003
I (an American) learned that it was over tariffs and the British capturing of our sailors…
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TheTimDavis
The war was triggered because the British were blocking America from trading with the French to punish Napoleon for some of his policy's. The incursions into Canada were because parts of Canada were British colonies. So America invaded as it was easier to get Canada than England.
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isbadfoyohealth
Technically it was totally British and French colonies, Canada wasn’t established as a nation until 1867
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TheTimDavis
Indeed, and the us was specifically attacking the British side of things. I was just using the name Canada as a catchall for the current area in question.
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GreenPandaPop
firl21
English = England = Brittan. Brittan royal family = Windsor English = Windsor
doc_daneeka
England != Britain, and if you ever say such a thing in Scotland, you'll get corrected on it very, very quickly.
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firl21
I was very specific in my ordering for a reason. ALL English people are British, not the other way around. But I could have worded it better. Regardless h The guy I was replying to was dead wrong. And in my haste may have presented my argument in a slightly misleading way.
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doc_daneeka
I was very specific in my ordering for a reason.
The order makes no difference when you are using = though. That's the only reason I commented. It is simply false to say England = Britain, because it doesn't.
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firl21
Fair point
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sterlingphoenix
PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE MESSAGE.
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Common sense, OP.
I'm very tempted to think this is a decent-level troll. In fact, you've been warned before about this kind of post. You will not be warned again.
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