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What Happened to Them?
For Review Only

Dolley Madison

Dolley became a celebrity! An ice cream was named after her. Newspapers reported on
her doings. She was even honored with her own seat in the House of Representatives.
Unheard of for a woman. When Dolley died at age 81, she had the largest funeral
Washington had ever seen.
Today she’d have her own talk show.

James Madison

People blamed the president for the burning of Washington. They said he was a coward
for fleeing the city. But when the United States won the war, joyful Americans forgave
and forgot. At the end of his term, Madison moved back to his country home in Virginia
along with his dear Dolley.

Paul Jennings called Madison “one of the best men who ever lived.”

Admiral George Cockburn
He was a villain to Americans, but a hero back home. The man who burned Washington was
elected to England’s Parliament (legislative body). Later he became the head of the entire
British Royal Navy.
Cockburn’s destruction of the city of Washington horrified Americans in 1814 as much as
the catastrophic attack of September 11, 2001, horrified us.