, wife to benjamin latrobe. she writes to her, two hours before the enemy left the city, i left the house where mr. latrobe's elegant taste had been justly admired and where you and i had so often wandered together. on that very day i sent out all the silver, the velvet curtains and general washington's picture and a small clock and a few books and left everything else belonging to the public, our own valuables of every description, a part of my clothes, all of the servants' clothes, et cetera, et cetera, in short, it would fatigue you to read the list of my losses. so, it was a sad moment. in the wake of the burning of washington's public buildings, there was a lot of talk that the capitol might relocate to another city. philadelphia, new york, wanted the capitol back. the rebuilding began, in part, because dolley led the rallying cry for washington, d.c. by the fall of 1814, she's already in the drawing rooms, now in the octagon house, which is their temporary residence. she's the one who actually announces th

summit between the leaders which would be held in the near future it would have the aim of making by latrobe relations more stable predictable among the topics discussed where the recent escalation in tensions in east ukraine weapons namely nuclear weapons and specifically the by latrobe strategic arms reduction treaty known as new start well to discuss the cold i'm not joined live by a boy co-host of artie's worlds apart show exotic good to have you on the show moscow reacted positively to joe biden suggestion of a face to face meeting does that mean though it's going to happen and where would it happen. well nothing is certain and this day and age i think that most go quite frankly was taking a little bit of back by reach out probably by the end ministration i want to add remind our viewers that these call was placed why they had american outside. it was quite a surprise and it's a waste i mean rising tensions in russia and the west at. the very difficult situation as they are not me it's ukraine but generally speaking out i'm sure there is quite a think he's here in that russia about this

i show him as a symbolic building in the latrobe lobby in the capitol where he has his famous corncobpitol. you've all probably seen depictions of that. i think it was one of the few rooms that escaped the fire by the british. so this i think would be good -- indicative of the early capitol. the next one shows hem during his role as secretary of war, and he was very valuable -- we talked aren't the troops, and he was going all washington. on horseback, he was loading a drop of cavalry all over, getting recon on the british. briskly, he was virtual dictator of the united states. people looked to him to provide guidance. this fellow, i don't know he's doing, is helooting, unloading. and this guy is coming to back him up. we see some troops moving around here. now, here at this time with war, we had the senate wing and the house wing. and they're just starting to build the rotunda, starting to build the rotunda of the capitol. this is what this is depicting. could be clouds, could be smoke. who knows? but it's something of a little impending disaster here. now, again, this was in august.

i show him as a symbolic building in the latrobe lobby in the capitol where he has his famous corncob capitol. you've all probably seen depictions of that. i think it was one of the few rooms that escaped the fire by the british. so this i think would be good -- indicative of the be indicative of the early capitol. this is a european room with a corinthean capitols here. the next one shows him during his role as secretary of war. he was very valuable, and sarah talked about him working with the british embarkation of the troops. he was getting reconnoissance of the british, and of course during the frustration of the burning of the capitol where she got rid of armstrong, he took complete command. basically he was virtual dictator of the united states during that time of the occupation of washington. people looked to him to provide guidance for them, and he assumed command, as i've depicted him here on horseback. this fellow, who knows what he's doing. is he looting? this guy is snapping to attention, and then he's got them all working over here. this guy is coming to back him up. we s

i show him as a symbolic building in the latrobe lobby in the capitol where he has his famous corncob capitol. you've all probably seen depictions of that. i think it was one of the few rooms that escaped the fire by the british. so this i think would be good -- indicative of the early capitol. anyways, it's totally american room. test test. chieftain and northumbria and epithet and aaron burr in richmond test. portraitist. pierre l'enfant. there is another copy i donated to the college of william and mary. it's in their three-story aired atrium test. test test test. jenkins hill as it was at that time. test test test. cylindrical test. capstone test. moulding and the base. test. test. test. >> this next one shows his diplomatic career. there's the coat of arms of france, and there's a cap of liberty over the crown because this is now the revolutionary government. this shows you a couple of revolutionaries here and monroe right here is presenting his but it's something of a little impending disaster here. again, this was in august. the leaves are full trees here. and then assuming the