Lizzo made history last week when she played a 200-year-old flute once owned by former President James Madison. Now, ... first lady Dolley Madison rescued it from the White House, the Library said.

Lizzo became the first artist and the first person in history to play a 200-year-old flute that once belonged to James Madison at her D.C. concert on Tuesday (Photo: Library of Congress via Shawn ...

When the British burned part of James Madison's White House, they also ate his dinner. On August 24, 1814, an eerie emptiness fell upon the presidential mansion.

The White House, U.S. Capitol and other federal buildings in Washington, D.C., were ransacked and torched by British troops on this day in history, August 24, 1814. The shocking attack on the very ...

It says it's possible that the flute was one of a handful of valuables that former first lady Dolley Madison took with her from the White House as she fled just before British troops set fire to ...

This ornament features the silhouettes of James Madison and his wife, Dolley Madison. The First Lady is famous for saving a portrait of Washington’s family when the British burned the White ...

According to NPR, the flute may have been one of a handful of things that former First Lady Dolley Madison took from the White House after British troops set fire to D.C. in 1814. In this article ...

The “About Damn Time” singer and accomplished flutist carefully played the delicate woodwind, which was sent as a gift to James Madison in 1813 by a French flute maker. The Library of Congress ...

James Madison defeated DeWitt Clinton in 1812 to secure a second term in the White House. To commemorate his inauguration, a craftsman from Paris made him a crystal flute.

Lizzo made history at a concert on Tuesday – by playing a 200-year-old flute that once belonged to President James Madison. ... However, first lady Dolley Madison rescued it from the White House.

During her time in the White House, from 1809 to 1817, Madison hosted Washington's political elite at social functions, creating a lane for bipartisan cooperation among the nation's leaders.