Britain Apologizes for Tweet Marking the 200 Anniversary of the Burning of the White House

On August 24 of this month, the British Embassy in Washington has apologized after tweeting a photo of the White House as a cake. Nothing out of the regular? Wrong. This photo would have been ok if it weren't for the fact that the White house had sparkles in it. The caption read "Only sparklers this time!". Many negative comments followed as many people were outrage that the burning of the White House was made into a joke. The British Embassy later wrote a tweet that stated they are sorry and they just wanted to commemorate their strong friendship with America now.

The tweets and article can both be seen Here

Questions for discussion:

Do you think that the original tweet was meant as something more than a remembrance?

Should the British Embassy do something else than just apologize with another tweet?