JMMontpelier, 10 months ago

“Everyone knows” that #DolleyMadison saved the #Washington portrait when #British troops burned the White House #OTD in 1814.
But the real story is a lot more complicated, as you’ll discover in our #blog post, “The Great Portrait Rescue.” https://digitaldoorway.montpelier.org/2019/08/22/the-great-portrait-rescue/?utm_content=buffer5b07d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Painting by William Woodward, MF2009.2.1, Courtesy of The Montpelier Foundation.

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