Corbis As the British neared the White House, Dolley Madison directed that a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington be removed. The Montpelier Foundation James Madison valued his wife's ...

saved a portrait of George Washington from being looted by British troops during the War of 1812. James Madison had left the White House the previous day to meet with his generals as British ...

But years later, conflicting accounts of who really saved the portrait emerged ... slave who worked at the White House as a manservant to President James Madison. “It has often been stated ...

The portrait, painted by Gilbert Stuart, is the only item on display that was also present when the White House opened in ... Man’s Reminiscences of James Madison.” (A white acquaintance ...

The National Portrait Gallery in Washington ... During her time in the White House, from 1809 to 1817, Madison hosted Washington's political elite at social functions, creating a lane for ...

Though he's our first wartime president, James Madison is usually better remembered for his work on the Constitution rather than his time as commander-in-chief while the White House went up in flames.

it is Washington’s portrait that has one of the most significant pieces of history tied to it – first lady Dolley Madison saved it in 1814 when the British set fire to the White House during ...

British troops set fire to the White House. Before they did, Paul Jennings, who was born into slavery at Montpelier, James Madison's Virginia mansion, helped save a now-famous portrait of George ...

James Madison’s work at the Constitutional ... first lady Dolley Madison courageously refused to leave the White House until the portrait of George Washington and other national treasures ...

Corbis As the British neared the White House, Dolley Madison directed that a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington be removed. The Montpelier Foundation James Madison valued his wife's ...

it is Washington’s portrait that has one of the most significant pieces of history tied to it – first lady Dolley Madison saved it in 1814 when the British set fire to the White House during ...