The Second British Storming of Washington, D.C.: That'd Be the Beatles-- Part 1

From the February 15, 2014, Business Recorder "When Beatlemania stormed the Colesium."

The first time the British invaded Washington, D.C., was in 1814 when they burned the White House and many other buildings. They returned 150 years later on February 11, 1964, when those four lads from Liverpool performed at the Colesium before 8,000 American fans who were just catching on to this thing called Beatlemania.

And, this time, there were just four of them, not an army.

This was just two days after the "Big Bang," their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9th. Just two days after successfully taking New York City and most of the youth of the U.S. who were watching, especially the gitls.

What we didn't know at the time was that the Beatles were just the first of many English groups to follow in short order in what is referrred to as the British Invasion.

More to Come. --Brock-Perry