In this video, National Park Service Ranger Sarah Bachan explores the history of the Second Bank of the United States. On April 10, 1816, President James Madison signed the act creating the "Second Bank." The Bank's formal name, according to section 9 of its charter as passed by Congress, was "The President Directors and Company of the Bank of the United States." The institution was the second of its kind, chartered by the U.S. Government. It was the reincarnation of Alexander Hamilton's "First

The Portrait Gallery in the Second Bank of the United States, located...