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President James Madison, Secretary of the Navy William Jones, Brigadier General John Hungerford, and US Navy Captain David Porter Jr., met atop Shuter's Hill in Alexandria (now the site of the George Washington National Memorial) to plan countermeasures for attacking the British as they withdrew down the Potomac River.
Across the Potomac River and directly east of Alexandria sits Mount Welby. Could the Brigadier General be pointing at Mount Welby?
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