Lizzo made history last week when she played a 200-year-old flute once owned by former President James Madison. Now, ... first lady Dolley Madison rescued it from the White House, the Library said.

WASHINGTON (WJLA) — It was the flute heard around the world, when singer Lizzo played the priceless crystal flute owned by President James ... Dolly Madison saved from the White House when ...

9. When the British burned part of James Madison's White House, they also ate his dinner. Politics is a pretty serious career, but that didn't take away Madison's sense of humor. Among friends ...

Madison ordered that the White House be rebuilt as before, selecting James Hoban, an Irish-born architect who designed the original White House, to oversee its reconstruction. The rebuilding of ...

The White House, U.S. Capitol and other federal buildings in Washington, D.C., were ransacked and torched by British troops on this day in history, August 24, 1814. The shocking attack on the very ...

The “About Damn Time” singer and accomplished flutist carefully played the delicate woodwind, which was sent as a gift to James Madison in 1813 by a French flute maker. The Library of Congress ...

It says it's possible that the flute was one of a handful of valuables that former first lady Dolley Madison took with her from the White House as she fled just before British troops set fire to ...

Lizzo made history at a concert on Tuesday – by playing a 200-year-old flute that once belonged to President James Madison. ... However, first lady Dolley Madison rescued it from the White House.

According to NPR, the flute may have been one of a handful of things that former First Lady Dolley Madison took from the White House after British troops set fire to D.C. in 1814. In this article ...

James Madison defeated DeWitt Clinton in 1812 to secure a second term in the White House. To commemorate his inauguration, a craftsman from Paris made him a crystal flute. The flute eventually ...

Madison, who was the wife of James Madison, the fourth U.S. president ... During her time in the White House, from 1809 to 1817, Madison hosted Washington's political elite at social functions ...