Podcast British Invasion to French Restoration
The burning of the White House by the British in 1814 during James Madison's presidency represented a low point in our...
Clerk Stephen Pleasanton (White House History 35)
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Clerk Stephen Pleasanton (White House History 35)
Clerk Stephen Pleasanton helped to save the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Bill of Rights when the British were marching toward Washington, D.C., in 1814.
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