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"During the War of 1812 between the United States and England, British troops entered Washington, DC, and burned the White House and the US Capitol building in retaliation for the American attack on the city of York in Ontario, Canada, the year before.

"President James Madison asked his wife Dolley to gather important state papers and be prepared to abandon the White House at any moment. Dolley decided to leave the couple's personal belongings behind, and instead gave the order to save a copy that Gilbert Stuart had painted of his full-length portrait of George Washington.

"Stuart's most famous replica of his Washington portrait has hung in the East Room of the White House since 1800."

—History.com and Wikipedia