So the British feasted in the White House dining room before burning the mansion down ... the room with the great full-length portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart.

Author William Seale talked about the burning of the White House by the British during the ... about President Obama’s decision to stay in Washington, D.C., after he leaves office.

Source: The White House As she loads her carriage, she takes a sudden interest in the enormous Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington on the wall of the State Dining Room. The ...

You won’t likely see Michelle Obama reenacting Dolly Madison saving George Washington’s portrait from the burning White House this weekend. But Aug. 24, the actual day of the 200th anniversary ...

The White House, as it appeared in January 1817, by B.H. Latrobe. Just three years earlier, the mansion’s first incarnation had been irreparably burned by a British mob as it sacked the capital.

Burning_of_Washington_1814 The anecdotal ... Dolley Madison gathered belongings from the White House, including a copy of the iconic Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington, and fled to ...

Construction of the White House, a global symbol of American power and political stability, began with the laying of its cornerstone on this day in history, Oct. 13, 1792. "James Hoban, an Irish ...