# @vadogwoodnews on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-03-28T16:25:06.000+00:00
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Most people would leave a burning building without toting large possessions. Not Dolley Madison. #WomensHistoryMonth 

The wife of the fourth president of the United States insisted on saving a portrait of George Washington when the British attacked the White House in 1814. A teenager enslaved by the Madisons from their days at Montpelier, Paul Jennings—as well as two others, a White House gardener and steward—completed the First Lady’s request, he later wrote in an autobiographical account.

Ironically, Gilbert Stuart created a copy of the painting. Stuart also painted the original portrait, which hangs in the Smithsonian Institute; the one Madison rescued was returned to the White House, where it is still on display.

📸 : Mathew Brady, 1848/Library of Congress

#historytidbit #virginiahistory #womenshistory #women

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