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WHEN THE WHITE HOUSE WAS SET ABLAZE

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On August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812 between the United
States and England, British troops entered
Washington, D.C.
and
burned the White House in retaliation for the American
attack on the city of York in Ontario, Canada, in June 1813.

When the British arrived at the White House, they found that
President
James Madison and his first lady Dolley (below) 
had already fled to safety in
Maryland
.

Soldiers reportedly sat down to eat a meal made of leftover
food from the White House scullery using White House
dishes and silver before ransacking the presidential 
mansion and setting it ablaze.


 

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This Day In History: The British Burn the White House (1814)

Dolley Madison and the British Assault on the White House, 1814 | NC DNCR

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