Thumbs up for First Lady Dolley Madison!
We all remember The War of 1812. Some call it the second revolutionary war.
It was also the war that put First Lady Madison in our history books.
As British troops approached The White House and President Madison was in a near battle field, Dolley ordered the staff to save the full-length portrait of former president and national icon George Washington from British soldiers. She anticipated that the soldiers would burn and destroy the painting. What a great move by First Lady Dolley Madison.
We all remember The War of 1812. Some call it the second revolutionary war.
It was also the war that put First Lady Madison in our history books.
As British troops approached The White House and President Madison was in a near battle field, Dolley ordered the staff to save the full-length portrait of former president and national icon George Washington from British soldiers. She anticipated that the soldiers would burn and destroy the painting. What a great move by First Lady Dolley Madison.
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