The Corner

Presidential Studs?

Not a Stud Moment, but a Tough First Lady moment: Dolley Madison leaving the White House at the last possible moment as the Brits descended on the capital, then pausing to have a portrait of George Washington cut out of its frame, rolled up and carried along so the enemy would not desecrate it. One feisty gal.

Historian Richard Brookhiser is a senior editor of National Review and a senior fellow at the National Review Institute.
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