Aug. 24, 1814

Posted October 11, 2007, 6:50 pm by Growing Bolder


-- After sitting down to a meal of leftover food and using presidential china and silver, British troops set fire to the White House.
The day before, First Lady Dolley Madison rescued a portrait of George Washington from the advancing troops.

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