william thorton was a friend of george washington, a friend of thomas jefferson.he was friends with the dolly madison and james madison. and so she had entrÉe to the white house. share the ability. she is all of her connection to rescue this boy from death row. >> you have a very particular title, "snowstorm in august." so what's the snowstorm? >> the snowstorm was the name local people gave to the riots afterwards. because the right, one of the targets of the ride was a man named beverly snow, a free black manhood a restaurant, very successful. and this idea of a successful free black man in the capital, slaveholding capital of washington in created white people. and so, ma the right was really about him and about his success. and also about arthur bowen's violence. and so afterwards people called the ride the snowstorm. >> what was the result of this in regards to francis scott key's career as an attorney? >> he was a very ambitious guy. the right kind of took the wind out of his sails. it was a humiliation for them. he lost control of the city. he continued to

>> she was the widow of the man named william author thorton the man who designed the u.s. capitol. he was a friend of george washington and thomas jefferson and friends with dolly madison and james madison. she had the ability she used her connections to rescue this buy from death row. >> so you a particular title snow tomorrow? -- snowstorm in august? what was that. the name that local people gave to the riot after wards. the riot one of the targets of the riot was a man named beverly snowe. a man who had a restaurant here in pennsylvania. very successful and the idea of a successful free black man in the capitol, the slave holding capitol of washington infuriated white people. and so the rite was about -- riot was about him and his success and about arthur bowen. so after wards people called it the snowstorm. >> what was the result of this in regards to francis scott key's career as an attorney. >> he was an ambitious guy. and the riot took the wind out of his sails. it was a humiliation of him. he lost control of the city. he continued to serve as