Accounts are not necessarily the most accurate thing in the world. But if these had been supported by other information, primary documents, id be more likely to believe that they also burned but i cant find any of that. I just want to remind you that the americans were very upset about what was going on and when they talked about what had happened to washington, they tend to embellish the true facts. And then if you go down below, these were the things that were burnt after the evening of august 24th. So a better way to look at all of this is to compare what was actually burned on the evening of august the 24th. During that night. And you can see theres a very, very big difference there. And when we talk about the british burning washington, were leaving the average citizen with this impression that the british came in and they burnt the entire city of washington, d. C. And if you look at this, you can see that the americans burnt a heck of a lot in the city, but you dont hear anybody
But nonetheless, it rededicates this country to big ideas. And the person who has to do it in his speech, walking up to the podium, is the president. We saw the first family walking in to st. Johns church earlier this morning. Theyre at that Worship Service right now. There they are, right there, just before they walked into st. Johns episcopal church, across the street from the white house. Theres the first lady, and the president , sasha and malia, and the first ladys mom. Luis leon is preaching on the theme of unity, which is also the president s theme. Well see the president and first lady when they come out of that service, in just a little bit. First, lets talk to david muir. Hes on the shadow of the steps of the capitol. And a lot of people gathering already. Gathering here since the darkdar darkened hours before the sun came up. You talked about the choir of p. S. 22. You can see the capitol behind me, for those of you watching at home. The archway that the president will emerg
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