they hosted a ceremony for the descendants of Paul Jennings – a Black man who helped save the iconic painting of George Washington from the British as they prepared to burn the White House. (The sa ...

Black History Month is a perfect time ... failed enslaved people During the War of 1812, as the British approached to burn the White House, an enslaved man named Paul Jennings helped move George ...

This historical event has since been embodied in a legend which proclaims that the White House only obtained that name after its torching by the British, when portions of the residence were ...

Today is the 200th anniversary of one of the darkest days in American history—the burning of the White House by the British. How does that event compare in its psychological and political ...