00:00The White House was burned to the ground, and America had been humiliated.
00:05It was the only time Washington D.C. has ever been invaded.
00:10And where was the American president, you may ask?
00:14James Madison evacuated into the Maryland countryside, moving from cabin to cabin, holding
00:20on to dear life.
00:22While he remained hidden, the British troops marched into the capital and set it ablaze.
00:28Washington burned for two days until a violent thunderstorm swept through and extinguished
00:34the flames.
00:36The British ultimately withdrew, and a peace treaty was later signed.
00:40But a message had been sent.
00:43This was the only time America's capital fell, the only time the White House burned, and the
00:49last time a foreign power invaded the U.S. mainland.
00:54But history doesn't really end.
00:56There's never a last, only the next.
