mrs. madison would write in his memoir it has often been stated in print that when mrs. madison escaped from the white house she cut out from the frame the large portrait of washington and carried it off. this is totally false. she had no time for doing it. whoops. he credited the steward and gardner with the actual removal of the painting from the wall. said young later jennings himself had held the ladder. it is unclear if jennings meant to suggest mrs. madison was not involved at all because it seems certain at least she gave the order for the removal of the painting. years later she would write to one of the two gentleman from new york who had carried the painting to safety in a wagon thus because of my respect for general washington." barker,eague, jacob would write mrs. madison had ordered him to destroy the painting if it could not be saved. write would also president madison returned to the white house before those gentleman had left with the and toldand sat down them something about the battle he had witnessed at bladensburg. the president also saw the painting o

mrs. madison had ordered him to destroy the painting if it could not be saved. rker wrote that madison returned to the white house before they had left of the painting and sat down and told them something about the battle at leyden's bird. perhaps the president also saw the painting of washington down from its perch. ther madison had departed, painting when off to safety and eventual return is the only object to have been continuously held by the white house since it opened in 1800. it is the white house treasure. thank you. [applause] >> good evening. if you can't hear me, please hold up your hand. i think we are pretty well wired. here.an honor to be that a pleasure to address seminal episode and the american war of 1812, the burning of the white house. the completion and occupation of the white house in 1800 again a long journey for the house. the old stone building eventually became that was to extend through american history all the years with a single interaction with its destruction by fire in 1814. to present to you details of the actual burning of the wh

mr. madison's the white house historical association, u.s. capitol society, and james madison's mt. peelier co-hosted this event. our next speaker this morning's session will be talking about dolly madison and the british invasion of washington, d.c. in the war of 1812. we have heard some things about dolly madison's role in the war of 1812. now, we'll hear more from holly shulman, a former editor of the dolly payne todd madison papers. associate senior editor of the papers of james madison in 2004. dr. shooulman continued to publh dolly madison papers which she has grants from the historic preservation and records commission of the national archives. please welcome holly shulman. [ applause ] >> those of you who are interested in the full papers of dolly payne todd madison, what i do now is as complete as possible edition of the dolly madison papers in the dolly madison edition. like the book, it's published by the university press. unlike the book is published by their electronic imprint, the name which is rotunda. if you go and you take a look at it, i hope you enjoy it. do you w

madisons return to washington dc? they were both floating around the countryside. it is likened to the house of a mrs. love, whose parents were at her wedding to james madison, but she herself was also a member of a very federalist family. the madisons during the presidency, but her father would not. she apparently went to a tavern and there are all these stories about the tavern. we will not let you into this tavern, how could we possibly admit you into this ?pace what do we know? we know what is in the newspapers. we have very little evidence. they were too busy to write. it is possible that if something was written, dolley or james would have destroyed it. it was a wonderful talk. if i could encourage people to come to the mic. a wonderful collection of letters. i remember reading some of she was letters where sleeping with the saber under the bed. can you talk about the timing of these letters? they feel like public relations campaigns and i wonder if that was true. >> i do not think so. i think she was afraid. why she was afraid is embedded in who she was. saber by hernisian side. she slept with a

madisons returned to washington, d.c. they were both floating around the countryside. there are various legends about this. it seems as if dolley went to the house of a mrs. love, whose parents actually were at her wedding to james madison, but she, herself, was also a member of the lee family, a very federalist family. love would visit the madisons during his presidency in the white house, but her father would not. then she apparently went to a tavern and there are stories about the tavern and people said oh, we have been destroyed in washington and we won't let you into the tavern, how can we admit you into this space? what do we know? we know it's in the newspapers. we don't have any -- that's what i'm trying to say. we have very little evidence. they were too busy to write and it's possible if something had been written, dolley or james would have destroyed it. >> it's a wonderful talk, so, if i could encourage people to come to the mike, by the way, but if i could ask, so you have the wonderful collection of letters. i remember reading some of her letters where she's sleeping with the saber under the bed. can you talk about the letters, the timing o

mrs. madison as president of s. >> developing criticism of madison, wasn't it simply the unfortunate circumstance seceding thomas +++p[z it could have been dolley anybody that would have gotten it. the republican party was suffering with the disease of infighting. with thomas jefferson sweeping into town with his new party, the jeffersons were on their way out. ,nstead of holding together they were just trying to pull in splinter with him. james madison's greatest enemies were his fellow republicans. thank you very much. [applause] on sunday on american history tv, weevil take you live to fort mchenry in baltimore for a ceremony commemorating the 200th anniversary of "the star-spangled banner." the event will include remarks by former secretary of state a flag raisingd exactly 200 years after francis scott key saw the flag raised above the fort that later inspired him to write what became the national anthem. u.s. naval academy history professor teaches a class on the american soldiers taken prisoner during the korean war. explains how the warring nations used prisoners to intimidate enemies. tha

mr. madison will have to put on his armor, in the capture of washington. steve vogel is the author of "through the perilous fight." he's a veteran journalist who wrote for the "washington post" until 2014. most recently covering2014. most recently covering the treatment of veterans from the wars in afghanistan and iraq. vogel covered the september 11th, 2001 terrorist attack on the pentagon, and the building's subsequent reconstruction, he also covered the fall of berlin -- of the berlin wall. he's working on a project, the history of berlin during the cold war, maybe he has gone back in his mind at least to the fall of berlin. and he also covered the class of the war -- he received a master's degree in international public policy from john's hopkins university school of advanced international studies. it's our pleasure to welcome steve vogel to the podium. >> thank you very much. a great honor to be here, and thank you to the u.s. capitol historical society and the white house historical association. and james madison's montpelier for including me in this

mr. madison's war." this is about >>> okay. first i want to announce following our next presentation, we will take a ten-minute break. our next speaker will be speaking about mr. madison will have to put on his armor, coburn and the capture of washington. steve vogel is the author of through the perilous fight and the pentagon history. he's a veteran journalist who wrote for "the washington post" until 2014. most recently covering the treatment of veterans from the wars in afghanistan and iraq. his reporting about the war in afc was part of a package of "the washington post" stories that was selected as a finalist for the 2002 pulitzer prize. he covered the september 11th attack on the pentagon, and also covered the fall of beryl -- of the berlin wall. he's actually currently working on a project on the history of berlin during the cold war, so maybe he has gone back in hi mind at least to the fall of berlin. a graduate of the college of william and mary with a degree in government, he received a master's degree in national pub

mr. madison's war and the burning of washington city. for those of you who may be just joining us, if have you one of these little devices, make sure it is turned off or in the silent mode, that would be fantastic. so i have the pleasure now of introducing dr. katherine algore. she is going to tackle james madison's other half and some of us might say his better half, dolly madison. katherine has written several very important books on dolly, including a perfect union. dolly madison and the creation of the american nation. and most recently she annotated and edited and important memoir written by dolly madison's niece. katherine is the director of education at huntington library art collection's botanical gardens and professor of history at the university of california riverside. today she will discuss the republican queen's identity during the war. this time when dolly madison strong room and her events were known as squeezes, they were so popular. i've also heard that she is going to mention maybe the role of snuff in the war of 1812.

mrs. madison that unless she left the house would be burned over her head. and notice he doesn't mention james in this, nor does he include james in the other threat as to capture her and parade her through the streets. on august 23rd, james left the white house in order to review the troops in the field and the national reported the rumor that five or 6,000 british troops joined already in maryland. and this really panicked washington. signaling a mass exodus. alone in the white house, accept for her servants and slaifzs, dolly was poised to make her name in history. now the story that we know of dolly's most famous day, and the subsequent crafting of her historical legacy would be examined tomorrow by holly shulman in this program. but i will conclude then just by saying, that dolly's ability to achieve historical and popular fame after the war though, was a direct result of the experiment and identity making that rendered her the queen of washington city, long before the first shots were fired in the war of 1812. if at the end of the war, and the doctor t

mr. madison's war depends on the french winning. if russia clapszs back into the continental system, napoleon is utterly dominant in europe, what possible hope have british got of carrying on. they will have to make terms. it will be possible to negotiate with them on a range of issues, but the british wouldn't surrender to napoleon, let alone to james madison. the main british army was fighting successfully in spain against the duke of wellington and the royal navy was protecting global trade. the british simply had no spare ships, men or money to fight a war with anybody else. indeed, during the war of 1812 the british military effort on land and sea was rarely more than 7% of their land and sea forces. they simply didn't have any more to spare. it wasn't a case of choice, that was all there was. so in 1812 and 1813 british strategies, they had the initiative, where to fight and how to fight. as we know, the united states opened the conflict with what should have been a three-prong defensive into what is now canada and a surge of

mr. madison's war depending on the french winning. if russia chaps, napoleon is utterly dominant, what possible hope do the british have with carrying on? it will be possible then to negotiate with them on a range of issues. but the british wouldn't surrender to napoleon. the main british army was fighting successfully in spain under the duke of wellton. the royal navy was protecting global trade. the british simply had no spare ships, men or money to fight a war with anybody else. indeed during the war of 1812, the british military effort was rarely more than 7% of the land and sea forces. they simply didn't have any more to spare. it wasn't a case of choice. that's all there was. in 1812 and 1813, the british strategy is largely reactive. the americans had the initiative, they chose where to fight and how to fight. as we know the united states opened the conflict with what should have a three-pronged offensive into what is now canada. and a surge of warships and private tiers to cut britain's economic lifelines. the canadians fronti

madisons returned to washington, d.c. they were both floating around the countryside. there are various legends about this. it seems as if dolley went to the house of a mrs. love, whose parents actually were at her wedding to james madison, but she, herself, was also a member of the lee family, a very federalist family. love would visit the madisons during his presidency in the white house, but her father would not. then she apparently went to a tavern and there are stories about the tavern and people said oh, we have been destroyed in washington and we won't let you into the tavern, how can we admit you into this space? what do we know? we know it's in the newspapers. we don't have any -- that's what i'm trying to say. we have very little evidence. they were too busy to write and it's possible if something had been written, dolley or james would have destroyed it. >> it's a wonderful talk, so, if i could encourage people to come to the mike, by the way, but if i could ask, so you have the wonderful collection of letters. i remember reading some of her letters where she's sleeping with the saber under the bed. can you talk about the letters, the timing o

mr. madison's war depends on the french winning. if russia clapszs back into the continental system, napoleon is utterly dominant in europe, what possible hope have british got of carrying on. they will have to make terms. it will be possible to negotiate with them on a range of issues, but the british wouldn't surrender to napoleon, let alone to james madison. the main british army was fighting successfully in spain against the duke of wellington and the royal navy was protecting global trade. the british simply had no spare ships, men or money to fight a war with anybody else. indeed, during the war of 1812 the british military effort on land and sea was rarely more than 7% of their land and sea forces. they simply didn't have any more to spare. it wasn't a case of choice, that was all there was. so in 1812 and 1813 british strategies, they had the initiative, where to fight and how to fight. as we know, the united states opened the conflict with what should have been a three-prong defensive into what is now canada and a surge of

mr. madison still favors the warhawks, but i think this is a misplaced emphasis. the critical development that placed the american public occurred between march and july of 1811. in march of 1811, as alluded to by the speaker, madison learned that george had lashed into what was going to be his final belt of certainty and they would have to take the duties of monarchy. since he despised his father and his father's ministry, it was presumed that he would replace his father's ministers with new ministers that might highly characterize british policy towards the united states up to that point. to take advantage, he bought into james monroe, secretary of state. there are a number of reasons why he did this, but one of the reasons why he did it was that he had formed personal relationships with some of the british politicians who were expected to become ministers in the reconstruction of the british ministry. this was a window of opportunity that very soon closed. he never changed his father's ministers, despite what he felt about the man. for that reason, british poli

mr. madison's war and the burning of washington city.or those of you who may be just joining us, if have you one of these little devices, make sure it is turned off or in the silent mode, that would be fantastic. so i have the pleasure now of introducing dr. katherine algore. she is going to tackle james madison's other half and some of us might say his better half, dolly madison. katherine has written several very important books on dolly, including a perfect union.

mr. madison is as i always knew him slow in taking his ground, but firm when the storm arises. >> in his first inaugural address, march 1809, madison made sure everyone knew that he considered his election to have come at a critical historical moment. he was the first u.s. president to use the inaugural address for this purpose, the first to move beyond generalities. he was absent of political bromides, absent of platitudes. strong and direct. america faced, he said, global challenges without a parallel in history. he wanted no part of europe's bloody and wasteful wars. and that was jeffersonian language too. but he demanded of the smug power that was great britain one thing, the rights of neutrals. of course we all know what happened before his first term had ended, the u.s. declared war on britain, a war it was ill equipped to fund. also of critical interest to us as we attempt to get a clearer picture of the real madison, and what drove him, was a reference in that first inaugural address to the constitution as the cement of the union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities.

mr. madison is as i always knew him slow in taking his ground, but firm when the storm arises. >> in his st inaugural address, march 1809, madison made sure everyone knew that he considered his election to have come at a critical historical moment. he was the first u.s. president to use the inaugural address for this purpose, the first to move beyond generalities. he was absent of political bromides, absent of platitudes. strong and direct. america faced, he said, global challenges without a parallel in history. he wanted no part of europe's bloody and wasteful wars. and that was jeffersonian language too. but he demanded of the smug power that was great britain one thing, the rights of neutrals. of course we all know what happened before his first term had ended, the u.s. declared war on britain, a war it was ill equipped to fund. also of critical interest to us

mr. madison will be hurled to his throne. this is now job one. it is the essential means to the end the defeat of the madison administration. these are the types of boats the british used in the raids. this is a drawing done by one of the subordinate admirals active in the chesapeake operation. the actual drawing, though, is done along the coast of -- along the shores of louisiana later in the war. but it's the same type of coastal craft used in the chesapeake. now, the british establish a refugee camp on the island. it is regarded as ideal because it is sufficiently removed from the shores of virginia, the mainland shores of virginia. but it's pretty secure from attack. it's close enough and right in the center of the black population of virginia. both on the eastern shore and to the west on the western shore. in coburn's words, the island was, quote, surrounded by the districts from which the negroes always come end quote. this is a modern artist's attempt to imagine the drilling of the colonial marines. colonial marines was the special unit for

mr. madison's war and the burning of washington city.for those who may be just joining us, if you have one of these little devices, if you can make sure it's turned off or in the silent mode, that would be fantastic. so i have the pleasure now of introducing dr. katherine algor. she's going to tackle james madison's other half and some may say his better half, dolly madison. katherine has written several very important books on dolly including a perfect union. dolly madison in the creation of the american nation. and most recently she edited an important memoir written by dolly madison's niece. katherine is the director of education at the huntington library, art collections and botanical gardens and at riverside. today she will discuss the republic against the war and her events known as squeezes they were so popular. i've also heard she's going to mention maybe the role of snuff in the war of 1812. and i would encourage all of you later on to take a look at dolly madison's snuff box which is over at the delaware cater house. we just br

madison's long time secretary of the treasury, wrote the ollowi following on the eve of madison's assumption of the presidency. mrmad madison is as i always e him slow when taking his ground but firm when the storm arises. >> in his first inaugural address, march 1809, madison made sure everyone knew that he considered his election to have come at a critical historical o moment. he was the first u.s. president to use the inaugural address fof this purpose the first to move beyond generalities.s. he was absent of political bromides, absent of platitudes., he was strong and direct. america faced, he said, global f challenges without a pair legal in hi , parallel, he wanted no part of europe's bloody and wasteful wars. but he demanded of the smug power that was great britain one thing, the rights of neutrals. s of e course, we all know what s happened before his first term had ended. u.s. the u.s. declared war on britain, a war it was il, ill equipped to fund.ence there was a reference in that first inaugural address to the constitution as the cement of ce the union. as well in its limitations as in its authorities.

mr. madison's war and the burning of washington city. for those of you who may be just joining us, if you have one of these little devices, if you can make sure it's turned off or in the silent mode, that would be fantastic. catherine has written and most recently she an oat a timed and edited an important memoir. she's the director of education at the huntington library, art collection and botanical gardens and professor of history at the university of california riverside. today she will discuss the rep queen's identify during the war, this time when dolly madison's events became known as squeezes. i've also heard she may mention the royal snuff in the war of 1812, and i would encourage all of you later on to go take a look at dolly maid i son's snuffbox which is over at the decatur house. we just brought that up today, it's on a virile visit to washington, d.c., so go take a look. with that teaser, please join me in welcoming dr. catherine al gore. >> i'm tempted to say forget about my speech, but let's go look at the snuffbox. i'm ve

mr. madison, the british are in bladensburg, and madison and his attorney general richard rush turn around and head back to american lines where they're observing the battle. once the fight starts out, madison is initially encouraged by the first resistance that the militia is showing. the british when they start firing rockets actually fire one that goes right over the head of madison and the rest of his cabinet officers. it sailed high harmlessly, but madison at this point becomes the first american president to come under fire on a battlefi d battlefield. madison moved back at that point to a somewhat safer distance. in the meantime, the american lines are starting to collapse as the british start crossing the river in force. some of using the bridge. others are wading across the water, and pretty soon they have enough of a force that the second line of militia defense is collapsing. one of the problems the americans are encountering here was command interference. you had james monroe, who was secretary of state, he had come to scout out the lines. he had basically been serving as a sco

mr. madison was given sole ownership of a war? >> i'm not quite sure i would agree with the premise.eople said pretty uncharitable things about things like the war and i find it inconceivable that there would have been a war with mexico had james polk not insisted on it. i think, to come back to the premise of your question. ma madison seemed to be of what a prison, not accomplished at that point in nation's history, you can say, lincoln! . but i think no prison could have operated that way in the early 19th century. they're just not taking place in american political development at that time. i think to have made that possible for a prison to do that. so the war of 1812 is a mess. how do we explain the mess? well, blame it on madison. that's what a lot of historians have done. that's what critics at the time did when they wished to criticize the war and all that seems to be going wrong with it. so we recycle stories through history like that. >> yes, thank you. if my memory -- >> sorry. >> if my memory serves me right, there is some provision in the treatmenty of, that talks about a

mrs. madison as president of s. >> developing criticism of madison, wasn't it simply the unfortunate circumstance seceding thomas +++p[z victors, which is in-fighting. with thomas jefferson sort of sweeping into town with this new party, the federalists were on their way out and they were going to let go without a fight and they were still on their way out. instead of holding together and katherine mitchell said, why do they keep fighting, they are just trying to pull and splinter with them. james madison's greatest enemies were his fellow republicans. so thank you very much. [ >> you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook. returningngress monday, here is a message to congress from one of the student cap competition winners. >> water. it makes up 75% of our bodies. take water away and humanity would perish within a week. water is the most vital substance to a human body and it is because of us humans that nearly 50% of all lakes and estuaries are unsuitable for use due to pollution. in the u.s., we have learned to ta

mrs. madison as president of s. >> developing criticism of madison, wasn't it simply the unfortunate circumstance seceding thomas +++p[z victors, which is in-fighting. with thomas jefferson sort of sweeping into town with this new party, the federalists were on their way out and they were going to let go without a fight and they were still on their way out. instead of holding together and katherine mitchell said, why do they keep fighting, they are just trying to pull and splinter with them. james madison's greatest enemies were his fellow republicans. so thank you very much. [ >> you're watching american history tv. 48 hours programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. forow us on twitter information on our schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. >> you are looking at archival footage released by the kennedy library this summer of president kennedy vacationing in his family home in massachusetts. we are joined on american history tv by lawrence knutson, author of "away from the white house: presidential escapes, retreats, and vacations." you covered

mrs. madison at presidentess. think we can have one more twe to stay on time. >> wasn't it the unfortunate circumstance of succeeding him, more colorful. like truman succeeding fdr. people who liked fdr -- they would say toerr is human. >> james madison suffering compared to tall red headed thomas jefferson. i really think, although i'm certain it's that, in this millieu, i think anybody would have gotten it. the republican party was suffering the disease of the victors, which is in-fighting. with thomas jefferson sort of sweeping into town with this new party, the federalists were on their way out. they weren't going to let go without a fight but they were still on the way out. instead of holding together, the wife of mitchell from new york said why do they keep fighting. they are trying to pull and splinter with him. james madison's greatest enemies were his fellow republicans. so thank you very much. >>> we're back live at the decatur house as the conference commemorating war of 1812 and burning of washington.

mr. madison needs to get reelected. they punt it off until after the election to discuss it.y 1813, our finances are in crisis. how is gallatin going to do this? in january, congress approves a $16 million loan issue. they start to debate on the rate. they make it so you can sell it, the secretary can sell a below par, at a discount. they are going to start to monkey with that. you don't have to pay $100. maybe will only pay $90 or $85. you will see what happens with that. the money is not there. the money is not coming in. only $6 million is raised. it looks like the government cannot raise money. how do you think mr. gallatin must have felt? he came in. he does not like that. he does not like the federalist agenda of taxes. he does not like hamilton's programs. he writes something called the sketches of american finances, a bit of an attack on hamilton and his system. he says every nation is enfeebled by public debt. he is using debt. he is debating taxes in congress. we know he likes the bank by now. it is quite a turn of events. by march 1813, gallatin writes we have hard

mr. madison some assistance. >> thank you. glad they caught him. >> coming up, more on the breaking news that has rocked the commonwealth today. thehow bob mcdonnell left courtroom today after hearing the word guilty. >> an early-morning fire claimed the life of an 81-year-old grandmother. we will hear from her family and i doubt >> back to the breaking news from richmond tonight are the mcdonald's of been found guilty of corruption. let's check in now live will stop tell us about his demeanor as you saw him passion by. absolutely shellshocked as he left the federal courthouse here in richmond, virginia. he goes from being a possible presidential candidate to the first governor in the history of the commonwealth to be convicted of a crime. it is an absolutely earth shattering verdict for the adonnell family reached by seven man and three woman jury. as he left the courthouse, he walked out of the front door. offered himriends from the onslaught of media that converge around him. he looked tired and lifeless. we will hear what

mr. madison, the british are in bladensburg. madison and his attorney general richard rush turn around and head back to american lines where they're observing the battle. once the fight starts out madison is initially encouraged by the first resistance that the militia is showing. the british when they start firing rockets actually fire one that goes right over the head of madison and the rest of his cabinet officers. it was -- sailed high harmlessly but madison becomes the first american president to come under fire on a battlefield. madison moved back at that point to a somewhat safer distance. in the meantime, the american lines are starting to collapse as the british start crossing the river in force. some are using the bridge, others arewadeing across the river and pretty soon they have enough of a force that the second line of militia defense is collapsing. one of the problems that the americans are encountering here was command interference. you had james monroe who was secretary of state. he had come to scout out the line

mr. madison's war and the burning of washington city. declaring war, congress and the president exercised pourt that were granted by the constitution. for our young country only three decades removed from war of independence. the war of 1812 tested many of the ideas in the constitution and it called upon madison to abide by limitation of powers he worked so hard to institute. as we commemorate sobering events of 1814, this panel will be shedding light on scholarship and ideas about origins and outcomes of the war. fittingly i love we begin with the british context of the war. i'm pleased to welcome to the program dr. andrew lambert. he's professor of naval history at kings college in london. in addition to writing about british strategy and technology, he's the author of an award winning volume on the war titled "the challenge, britain against america in the naval war of 1812." it was just honored with the anderson award. if i can have you help me join in welcoming dr. lambert to the podium. [ applause ] >> have you very much for extreme

mr. madison's war depends on the french winning.f russia collapses back into the continental system, napoleon is utterly dominant in europe and what possible hope have the british got and they will have to make terms and it will be possible then to negotiate with them on a range of issues. but the british wouldn't surrender to napoleon and let alone to james madison and the main british army was successfully in spain under the duke of wellington and the british simply have no spare ships, men or money to fight a war with anybody else. indeed, during the war of 1812, the british military effort on land and see was rarely more than 7% in their land and sea forces. they simply didn't have any more to spare. it wasn't a case of choice. that was all there was. so in 1812 in 1813, british strategy defensive and has largely reactive and the americans had the initiative and

mr. madison will have to put on his armor, coburn and the capture of washington.steve vogel is the author of through the perilous fight and the pentagon history. he's a veteran journalist who wrote for "the washington post" until 2014. most recently covering the treatment of veterans from the wars in afghanistan and iraq. his reporting about the war in afc was part of a package of "the washington post" stories that was selected as a finalist for the 2002 pulitzer prize. he covered the september 11th attack on the pentagon, and also covered the fall of beryl -- of the berlin wall. he's actually currently working on a project on the history of berlin during the cold war, so maybe he has gone back in hi mind at least to the fall of berlin. a graduate of the college of william and mary with a degree in government, he received a master's degree in national public policy from john hopkins, so it's our pleasure to welcome steve vogel to the podium. >> thank you very much. a great honor to be here, and thank you to the u.s. capital historical society and the white house h

mr. madison will be hurled from this throne. so this is now job one. this isn't some byproduct.is is what you've got to do first and foremost because it is the essential means to the end. the defeat of the madison administration. now, these are the types of boats that the british used. this is a admiral in the chesapeake operation, sir malcolm. the actual drawing was done along the coast -- along the shores of louisiana later in the war. but it's the same type of coastal craft used in the chesapeake. now, the british establish aç refugee camp on tan agree island and it's ideal because it's sufficiently removed from the shores of virginia, the mainland shores of virginia. it's pretty secure from attack. but it's close enough and it's right in the center of the black population of virginia, which is in the tide water, both on the eastern shore and to the west on the western shore. and coburn's words, the island was surrounded by the districts from which the negros always come, end quote. this is a modern artist's attempt to imagine the drilling of colonial marines. colonial marin

mr. madison, the british, and the attorney general, richard rush, turn around and they head back to americanbserve the battle. once the fight starts out, madison is initially encouraged by the first resistance of the american militia is showing, and the british, when they start firing rockets, fire one that goes over the head of madison and the rest of his cabinet officers. it was sailed high harmlessly, but madison at this point+ k becomes the first american president to come under fire on a battlefield. madison moved back0fÑ at that t to a somewhat safer distance. in the meantime, the american lines are starting to collapse as the british start crossing the river and force some are using the bridge, others wade across the water, and pretty soon, they have enough of a force that the second line of militia is collapsing. one of the problems they encutter here was command interference. they had james monroe, secretary of state, he had come to scout out the lines. he had basically been serving as a scout for several days for madison, secretary of state, he was pretty much throwingt'(9m hf int

mr. madison will have to put on his armor and fight it out. i see nothing else left. there is nothing subtle about this, and cockburn was aware that this word would get back to washington and madison pretty quickly. but cockburn was so unimpressed with the american defenses that he didn't mind sending this word. he knew that there was nothing really the americans could do about it. in its third year, the war had taken a very ugly turn for the united states. driven primarily by events overseas, in particular in april 1814 prosecution the application of napoleon, which appears to have ended two decades of war in europe, and the british who had been able to really devote relatively scant resources to this annoying war on -- across the ocean were now in a position to put an end to this conflict. and relatively small number of troops, some of them from the force that had just defeated napoleon, some of them who had been under the command of the duke of wellington are put on transports in france and sent across, including some 4,000 that are sent to the east coast. and the

mr. madison's war and the burning of washington city."hose of you who may be just joining us, if you have one of these little devices, if you can make sure it's turned off or in the silent mode, that would be fantastic. so i have the pleasure now of introducing dr. catherine allgor and she's going to tackle james madison's other half and some might say his better half, dolley madison. catherine has written "a perfect union: dolley madison" and she edited an important memoir written by dolley madison's niece. she's director of the art collection and botanical gardens and professor of history at the university of california riverside. today she will discuss the republican queen's identity during the war. this time when dolley madison's drawing room and her events became known as squeezes, they were so popular, i've also heard that she's going to mention the role of snuff in the war of 1812 and i would encourage all of you later on to take a look at dolley madison's snuff box which is over at the decater house. we just brought that up today.