On this day in history, August 24, 1814, British troops ransacked, torched White House and Capitol
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British troops ransacked and torched the White House and other federal buildings in Washington, D.C., on August 24, 1814, in a humiliating attack on American sovereignty.
This stunning show of American resolve inspired Francis Scott Key to pen a poem of national survival and resilience. "It was not until 1817 that newly elected president James Monroe moved back into the reconstructed [White House] building." Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
President James Madison and first lady Dolley Madison fled the capital separately, returning days later to find the city in ruins.
"One hundred fifty men smashed windows and piled White House furniture in the center of the various rooms," wrote Thomas Fleming in his 2009 book "The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers," an excerpt of which appeared in Smithsonian Magazine.
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