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Answer First of all, the White House was only heavily damaged by the fire. Doddly Madison, the first lady, was the one who saved the painting.
she saved the paintings in the white house when the bridish burned it, and she was the hostess of of the united states when thomas Jefferson was presidant
Dolly Madison
I think it was Dolly Madison.
Dolly Madison
because she saved books and stuff.
President James Madison's wife save many important artifacts and documents when the British set fire to the White House in 1814. This occurred during the War of 1812 between England and the US.
dolly Madison
Because she saved VERY important treasures from the White House when it burned up!!
dolly Madison was not only the first lady to her husband james madison but she was also to the widowed president Thomas Jefferson. and during the revolution before the burning of the white house she ordered the slave to take all the paintings and silver out of the white house to keep them safe so there were pictures or all the former presidents still.
The First Lady - Dolly Madison - saved a number of paintings and other artifacts from the White House before she and the President escaped the burning building.
dolly Madison was inmportant because she saved the photo of George Washington while the white house was burning. her husband (James Madison) left and ran away while she save the photo