The Burning of the White House in 1814
Read Digital EditionForeword: A Dramatic Moment in American History, Robert L. BreedenThe Burning of Washington, Anthony S. PitchThe White House...
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The Treasury Department building as it may have appeared in 1804 (first published in 1872).
Read Digital EditionForeword: A Dramatic Moment in American History, Robert L. BreedenThe Burning of Washington, Anthony S. PitchThe White House...
The young national capital at Washington, D.C. became the center of the War of 1812 with Great Britain during the...
The burning of the White House by the British in 1814 during James Madison's presidency represented a low point in our...
NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 6 (COLLECTION I) WHITE HOUSE HISTORY • NUMBER 1 1 — Foreword by Melvin M. Payne 5 — President Kennedy’s Rose Garden by Rachel Lambert...
The white marble walls of the Ground Floor corridor complement the vaulted ceiling arching gracefully overhead. Architect James Hoban installed...
In August 1814, British forces occupying the Chesapeake Bay began to sail up the Patuxent River in Maryland. Fearing an attack...
This number of White House History recalls the burning of the White House, which took place in 1814, two hundred years...
Savior of American portraiture, server of ice cream, dual term first lady and mentor of White House hostesses: all of...
This shaving mirror, one of a pair, has a remarkable history. It not only reflected the face of President James...
So much about the new United States was new—a democracy in a world full of monarchies, an elected president in...
On September 8, 1814, the Madisons moved into the Octagon, second in size only to the burned President's House, and the only...