200 Years Ago:Treaty of Ghent Ratified by Congress and Signed by President Madison

FEBRUARY 17TH, 1815:  Congress was forced to meet at Blodgett's Hotel because the Capitol lays in blackened ruins.  Ratifies the Treaty of Ghent.

The Treaty of Ghent signed by President Madison at the Octagon House in Washington, D.C., because the White House is also in ruins.

The ratification of the Treaty of Ghent exchanged at Washington, D,C. with the British ambassador.  President Madison declares the war at an end, but border disputes between the two countries linger for years.

Also on Feb. 17th, The U.S. Congress rejects the First Bank of the United States proposal but agrees to maintain a peacetime army of 10,000.

--Brock-Perry