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Released Thursday, August 23

Centennial Initiative 2016

Did You Know?

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-68175 DLC

When British troops burned the White House in 1814, Dolley Madison fled taking with her state papers, pieces of silver and a full length portrait of George Washington. The Madisons would never live in the White House again but were committed to rebuilding it as a symbol of the republic.