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 great hon honor. i thought i would take on the myth that t

next, steve vogel, author of the perilous fight" -- six weeks that saved the nation, a s his boat to take us on river tour of the burning 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 historical sorry for including me in this great honor. i thought i would take on -

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 great hon honor. i thought i would take on the myth that t

we also have steve vogel wue wh i've sat at a roundtable before.raduate of the college of william and mary, a great college. he received his master's degree in international public policy from johns hopkins international advanced school of international study. steve previously wrote for the "washington post," a local little paper, about military affairs and the treatment of veterans. his reporting about the war in afghanistan was part of a package of the "washington post" stories that were selected as finalists for the 2002 pulitzer prize. he also covered the war in iraq and the first gulf war, as well as u.s. military operations in rowan today, somalia and the balkans. steve's book, which is very, very good -- i did read this one -- about the battle of bladesberg through the perilous fight was published last year. "the washington post" reviewed it and said steve did a superb job of bringing this woeful tale to life. he leavened his past-paced narrative with participants in his following.ast-paced narrative with participants in his following.fast-p

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while we wait for the event to resume at 2:10 eastern, we'll bring you a short piece from steve vogel, who spoke earlier, on the battle of bladensburg. >> this is what's today known as the anacostia river. back then 200 years ago it was known as the eastern branch of the potomac. it's a tributary of the at tpot and it plays a key part in everything that happens at bladensburg. this used to be a deep water river. in fact, when bladensburg was founded in 1749, this was a deep water port with ships coming from around the globe to take away tobacco that was grown in the country around here, but by 1812 silt had really filled in a lot of the eastern branch. so bladensburg was no longer any kind of a major port, but it was still important by virtue of all the roads that crossed there. and the river up there was quite shallow and easily fordable whereas the eastern branch down river from here is a pretty major river still that you need to have a bridge pretty much to be able to cross it. certainly the british wouldn't have been capable of crossing it without a bridge. this first bridge that

then, steve vogel, author of "through the perilous fight: the weeks that saved the nation." that's followed by holly shulman, at the university of virginia. and later, remarks

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 historical sorry for including me in this great honor. i thought i would take on --

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we also have steve vogel who i had a chance of actually sitting at a roundtable before, a veteran journalisthe's a graduate of the college of william & mary which is a great college and received his masters degree in international public policy from johns hopkins university, advanced school of international study. steve previously wrote for "the washington post," local little paper. about military affairs and the treatment of veterans. his reporting about the war in package of the "the washington post" stories that were selected as finalists for the 2002 pulitzer surprise. he covered the war in iraq and the first gulf war as well as u.s. military operations in rwanda, somalia and the balkans. about the battle of bladensburg, "through the perilous fight: six weeks that saved the nation" was published last year. "the washington post" reviewed it and said steve did a superb job of bringing this woeful tale to life. his fast pace narrative with lively vignettes of principal participants. steve is with us. finally, dr. ralph eshelman who i had the pleasure of hearing a couple of days ago and is t

then steve vogel, author of "through the perilous fight: six weeks that saved the nation." that's followed by holly schulman, editor of the dolley madison project at the university of virginia. and later remarks by ralph eshelman, historical consultant to the national parks service for the spar spangled national historic trail. now from day two of the symposium on the british burning of washington, d.c. during the war of 1812, hosted by the white house historical society, the u.s. capitol historical society, and james madison's montpelier. next, author donald hickey talks about his book "the war of 1812:a forgotten conflict." this is about 40 minutes. >> donald hickey is an award-winning author and professor of history at wayne state college in nebraska. he was called the dean of 1812 scholarship by "the new yorker." he has written seven books on the conflict. most notably "the war of 1812:a forgotten conflict" available in a bicentennial edition in 2012. his book on an crew jackson and the battle of new orleans is forthcoming from johns hopkins university press where profe

next, steve vogel, author of "through the perilous fight" six weeks that saved the nation, uses his boatake us on a river tour of the burning of washington. this program is about 90 minutes. >> i've had a boat on the potomac geez, about 30 years. it's a great way to see the city. it's a different city as seen from the water. lots of people think of the potomac as basically an obstacle, you know, that they have to cross on their way to d.c. it's like a commuter obstacle. but it's, it's the reason that the city is where it is. and it's, it's really one of the most remarkable urban rivers in the country, i think. well, we're in the middle of the potomac river. off of fort washington, maryland, about eight or nine miles south of washington. more than anything, the waterways really define the attack on washington and the ultimate attack on baltimore. this, the british were really making good use of the waterways. chesapeake bays and all the rivers that feed into the bay, including the potomac. the patuxent river, the patabsco. and by 1813, the chesapeake had pretty much turned into a british

we also have steve vogel who i had a chance of actually sitting at a roundtable before, a veteran journalistmary which is a great college and received his masters degree in international public policy from johns hopkins university, advanced school of international study. steve previously wrote for "the washington post," local little paper. about military affairs and the treatment of veterans. his reporting about the war in package of the "the washington post" stories that were selected as finalists for the 2002 pulitzer surprise. he covered the war in iraq and the first gulf war as well as u.s. military operations in rwanda, somalia and the balkans. about the battle of bladensburg, "through the perilous fight: six weeks that saved the nation" was published last year. "the washington post" reviewed it and said steve did a superb job of bringing this woeful tale to life. his fast pace narrative with lively vignettes of principal participants. steve is with us. finally, dr. ralph eshelman who i had the pleasure of hearing a couple of days ago and is terrific has over 35 years of experience as t

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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 historical sorry for including me in this great honor. i thought i would take on -- i thought i would take on the myth that the british marched to washington to avenge the burning of york or what is today toronto in canada. as i was starting to think about this paper back in april, i was wondering, do i really need to make this argument? do people still really think that? now that we're well into the bicentennial, i can tell you, yes, people still really think this. in fact i'm kind of biased, because i do think t"the washington post" is our nation's finest newspaperened they have this terrific section called kids' posts. this was the headline a couple weeks ago. revenge hungry british set d.c. afire. the story tells us after americans set fire to new york, now toronto in canada, the british decided to do the same thing to washington. i know from ex

next, steve vogel, author of the perilous fight" -- six weeks that saved the nation, a s his boat to take us on river tour of the burning of washington. as the battle of bladensburg is winding down. a note sent by james madison as he's departing are attlefield that things going very badly at bladensburg. has collapsed and washington is in grave danger. recommends that she leave add once. now dolly had been making the rations, a number of belongings belongings had been packed up to wagons and carriages. same time, she had insisted on not conveying a panic but ordered that dinner be set for the president other officers and visitors that might be coming ink to the white house later the day. setting up there dining room and meantime, in the there's panic out streets as word of what's going bladensburg spreads and the streets are starting to fill p with refugees trying to get out of town. makes last dison preparations at the white house. message from the president madison. among the things that she spots is the ast minute ortrait of george washington, portrait that was life size. it took