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On August 26, 1814, President Madison and members of his official family found refuge in the home of Caleb Bentley, the first Postmaster of Brookeville, after the British army burned the Capitol and the White House. Many other refugees from Washington also found shelter in this village.
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Brookeville, Maryland · United States
