Excerpt from Walt Whitman's "The Dresser" (1865 version) and "We Embrace" by E. Ethelbert Miller
Historical marker location:
1525 20th Street Northwest, Dupont Circle, District of Columbia
( Marker is on 20th Street Northwest south of Q Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2007
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The White House was burned down during the War of 1812: In August 1814, British troops invaded Washington, D.C. and set fire to many of the city's buildings, including the White House, which was still under construction at the time.