Painting, left, of the burning of the White House by the British on 24 August 1812 is by Tom Freeman; courtesy of the Library of Congress.   
 
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Hour One
Saturday 13 June 2015  / Hour 1, Block A: Dear Abigail: The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two Remarkable Sisters, by Diane Jacobs (1 of 4)
Saturday 13 June 2015  / Hour 1, Block B: Dear Abigail: The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two Remarkable Sisters, by Diane Jacobs (2 of 4)
Saturday 13 June 2015  / Hour 1, Block C: Dear Abigail: The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two Remarkable Sisters, by Diane Jacobs (3 of 4)
Saturday 13 June 2015  / Hour 1, Block D: Dear Abigail: The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two Remarkable Sisters, by Diane Jacobs (4 of 4)
Hour Two
Saturday 13 June 2015  / Hour 2, Block A: West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, by Claudio Saunt (1 of 4)
Saturday 13 June 2015  / Hour 2, Block B: West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, by Claudio Saunt (2 of 4)
Saturday 13 June 2015  / Hour 2, Block C: West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, by Claudio Saunt (3 of 4)
Saturday 13 June 2015  / Hour 2, Block D: West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, by Claudio Saunt (4 of 4)
 
Hour Three
Saturday 13 June 2015  / Hour 3, Block A: John Quincy Adams, by Harlow Giles Unger  (1 of 4)
Saturday 13 June 2015  / Hour 3, Block B: John Quincy Adams, by Harlow Giles Unger  (2 of 4)
Saturday 13 June 2015  / Hour 3, Block C: John Quincy Adams, by Harlow Giles Unger  (3 of 4)
Saturday 13 June 2015  / Hour 3, Block D: John Quincy Adams, by Harlow Giles Unger  (4 of 4)
 
Hour Four
Saturday 13 June 2015  / Hour 4, Block A: When Britain Burned the White House: The 1814 Invasion of Washington, by Peter Snow  (1 of 4)
Saturday 13 June 2015  / Hour 4, Block B: When Britain Burned the White House: The 1814 Invasion of Washington, by Peter Snow  (2 of 4)
Saturday 13 June 2015  / Hour 4, Block C: When Britain Burned the White House: The 1814 Invasion of Washington, by Peter Snow  (3 of 4)
Saturday 13 June 2015  / Hour 4, Block D: When Britain Burned the White House: The 1814 Invasion of Washington, by Peter Snow  (4 of 4)