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What did Dolley Madison do when British troops invaded the White House?
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∙ 11y ago
She saved the famous portrait of George Washington and some important presidential documents. The picture is now hanging in the East room of the White House. She left before they actually invaded the White House.
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∙ 7y agoDolley Madison refused to leave the white house until important government documents and other items were loaded into wagons and rescued from the building
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