Rocca asked, "What was Washington like in 1814?" "Miserable," said William ... So the British feasted in the White House dining room before burning the mansion down. Here, too, the walls survived.

User-Created Clip by tgrane October 30, 2017 2017-10-29T20:26:11-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/120/20171029202644003_hd.jpgAuthor William Seale talked about ...

So in 1814 the Brits decided to deal with America ... Bob Dylan even penned a couplet about the burning of the White House for his song "Narrow Way." So hopefully I won't need my flak jacket ...

7 a.m., Aug. 24, 1814 The day began like so many days in ... an affluent and busy society slathers on the past. At the White House, curator William Allman can point a visitor to fire-blackened ...

They burned the White House to the ground in 1814 ... The war saw key battles, including the burning of Washington, DC, by British forces in 1814 and the defense of Baltimore, which inspired ...

Here’s our story on the burning of the White House and the Capitol by British General Robert Ross in 1814, as seen from the British and Irish perspective during a conference last weekend in ...

Here’s the blow-by-blow of what happened, written by Peter Snow, author of the newly released history, “When Britain Burned the White House.” August 24, 1814 – Midday – Bladensburg ...

White House historians, however, will use the anniversary of the burning this summer as an opportunity ... nation’s capital during the summer of 1814. British soldiers ultimately set fire ...

"The burning of the public buildings by the British was a humiliating defeat that struck at the symbolic heart of the country," the White House Historical Association notes. Yet it also notes ...

On this day, Aug. 24, in 1814, following their victory at the Battle of Bladensburg, British forces marched on Washington and set fire to the White House ... 1967 about the burning of Washington ...

In August 1814, the British brought the war ... Soon the interior of the White House began collapsing into its burning wooden floors. “The spectators stood in awful silence,” a witness reported.