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BATTLES AND BURNING OF WASHINGON
Timeline August 24, 1814
Battle of Bladensburg and the Defense of Washington
British Soldiers March Into Washington County (presently Wasington, D.C.)
Burning of the Capitol
Burning of the Library of Congress
British March to the U.S. Marine Barracks
British March to the U.S. Navy
Burning of the Federal Buildings
Burning of the White House
First Lady Dolley Madison Saves the Nation's Papers--Portrait of President Washington and Flees the White House
British Soldiers March Into Virginia and Through Washington, D.C. to Maryland
Signing of the Treaty of Ghent
Our War of 1812 Allies
Ratification of the Treaty of Ghent
Looking back and Looking to the Feature
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