Today’s Atlantic Trivia: First Ladies
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During the War of 1812, what first lady rescued a portrait of President George Washington that would have otherwise perished in the British forces’ arson of the White House?
She was married to James.
And by the way, did you know that the first lady in question arranged for not only the Washington portrait’s rescue but also its potential destruction?
The first lady instructed the two men entrusted with the White House painting that if they were captured by the British, they must ruin the portrait rather than turn it over, because in “the hands of the enemy,” it “would enable them to make a great flourish.”
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