In 1814, the White House was set on fire. It would have burned to the ground.
Except for an incredible miracle.
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Smith, Page, The Shaping of America (book, 1980), pp. 628-40.
Ambrose, Kevin; Weiss, Andrew & Henry, Dan, Washington Weather (book, 2002).
Zielinski, Sarah, The Tornado That Saved Washington, Smithsonian (August 2010).
Ubbelohde, Carl, War of 1812, Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (webpage).
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CLOSING THOUGHTS:
Source: Lermontov, Mikhail, A Hero of Our Time (1840), Penguin (reprint, 2009), p. 120.
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