
#1541 Ten Things About Dolley Madison
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Dolly Madison and George Washington in the White House
It's pretty remarkable that two such brilliant individuals could actually get along for that long. I think that it required a very unique pairing of their relationship and it required their their strengths and their talents suited each other so well. The Gilbert Stewart painting of George Washington in the White House which we should note is actually a copy of the original portraitso the original portrait. And Dolly Madison was not the last to left the White House but she was the last white person to leave the White House an important distinction.
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