After a second mock volley, the re-enactors retire to the parking lot of one of the bloodiest battlefields of the War of 1812 ... apart from Dolley Madison’s rescue of George Washington ...

Dolley Madison directed that a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington be removed. The Montpelier Foundation In the years leading up to America’s second war with Britain, President James ...

He asked Congress to declare war on Britain in 1812, and the war began ... A slight man of less than 100 pounds, Madison's marriage to the buxom and vivacious Dolley Payne Todd surprised many ...

He asked Congress to declare war on Britain in 1812, and the war began ... A slight man of less than 100 pounds, Madison's marriage to the buxom and vivacious Dolley Payne Todd surprised many ...