War of 1812 - Saving the National Documents - Historian Richard Grimmett - American Artifacts

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Channel: C-SPAN · 2011 · Education

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American History TV presents an extra segment from a recent American Artifacts program.  This 8 minute clip details how two members of St. John's Episcopal Church on Lafayette Square near the White House church saved the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Lansdowne paitning of George Washington during the 1814 burning of the U.S. Capitol.

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