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The city. Scott, coauthor of buildings of the district of spoke at a e symposium at the White House Historical association, u. S. Society and rical James Madisons montpelier. Hour. Poke for about an thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker will be pamela scott, and pam is an old friend. I have known her for many, many years, and she is, i think, the authority on the history of public buildings in washington, d. C. She has been an architectural historian here in washington specializing in the architectural landscape and planning histories of the city and i have learned a tremendous amount from he...

Government buildings at york, canada. Perhaps only one government building and perhaps not the American Army after all. This provided the burning of the public buildings provided opponents of the location with an opportunity to argue for removal without having to did he mean the city. During the month prior to convening of congress in late september 1814, residents expressed fears that the opponents of the city might prevail. Washington socialite eliz a, granddaughter of washington, went so far as to accuse secretary of war john armstrong, jr. , of allowing the british to capture the city in o...

Baltimore, charleston, South Carolina, and a dozen other places are going to vote federal funds to build wharfs and other facilities in alexandria. So that money is not available. Alexandria begins to decline. As a transatlantic commercial center. Fortunately its going to become a railroad center, et cetera. Those petitions to retrocede the town or actually all of the district on the virginia side of the river, those pegs started very early. They were never effective until George Washington park tried to give up protecting the dream of his grandfather for 100 square miles. When he signed in 18...

Finance, and pam is going to talk about Benjamin Henry latrobes work at the capitol. And, of course, latrobe is also the architect of Decatur House and st. Johns across the square, and so hopefully youll learn a great deal about this architectural genius this afternoon and enjoy the house tonight at the reception. Thank you. Come on, pam. [ applause ] thank you very much, bill. Your friendship over the years has meant a great deal to me as well. I want to add my thanks to the many, many thanks to the people who have organized this wonderful symposium. I have learned so much and have enjoyed it...

About an hour. Thank you. Our next speaker will be pamela scott, and pam is an old friend. I have known her for many, many years, and she is, i think, the authority on the history of public buildings in washington, d. C. She has been an architectural historian here in washington specializing in the architectural landscape and planning histories of the city and i have learned a tremendous amount from her over the years. Some of her books include the temple of liberty, buildings of the district of columbia, designing the nations capitol capitol, and the fortress of finance, and pam is going to t...