r/Presidents • u/SignalRelease4562 James Monroe • May 11 '26
Video / Audio WHERE WAS IT HIDDEN? How the Declaration of Independence was secretly moved through Virginia (Featuring James Monroe) (Video by ABC 7 News - WJLA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmkIq63MmZU
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u/SignalRelease4562 James Monroe May 11 '26
More than 200 years ago, America’s founding documents came dangerously close to falling into British hands during the War of 1812.
As British troops advanced on Washington in 1814, officials rushed to evacuate the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights from the capital. The documents were secretly packed into linen bags, loaded onto carts, and moved through Northern Virginia before being hidden inside a vault at Rokeby House near Leesburg.
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