A man and a woman wearing backpacks walk along a leaf-strewn trail in the forest. Light filters gently down through the tall trees that surround the trail.
#JamesMadison 1827: “Instances are not rare of confirmed health & even great longevity, in Constitutions feeble & frail in early life. Among the best means of promoting this result, are exercise & social recreations...” Explore 8 miles of trails at #MyMontpelier on #TakeAHikeDay!
(2/2) Photo of “E Pluribus Unum,” mosaic by Rebecca Warde, Proun Design, courtesy of Montpelier.
#JamesMadison #AmericanHistory #Constitution #MyMontpelier
A black and white photo of the domed US Capitol, with trees in the foreground.
#OTD 1888, a newspaper published an interview with Ben Stewart, once enslaved by the Madisons, then living in DC. “I own a good house in the city which I built myself, and my business is now guiding people around this Capitol.”
Library of Congress photo 1880-97. #MyMontpelier
#DolleyMadison’s birth month is almost over, but there’s still time to celebrate “Dolley Days in May” with a big #scoop of #icecream. Read the "Real Scoop" about Dolley and ice cream here: www.montpelier.org/dolley-madis...
#DolleyMadison #FirstLadies #IceCream #MyMontpelier #LoveVA
The front cover of a restaurant menu featuring a smiling "Dolly Madison" in a blue gown with puff sleeves and pink floral trim at the neckline. She wears a white wig with side curls and holds a fan. In front of her are five stemmed glasses, each holding a scoop of ice cream, along with a silver teapot and china cups and saucers. The caption reads, "Deliciously Different/Dolly Madison/America's Outstanding Quality Ice Cream."
An open cigar box with “Dolly Madison” in colorful letters on the inside lid, which features an oval image of Dolley Madison in a turban, flanked with two smaller pictures of Dolley that seem to show her evacuating the White House. In one, she appears to be gathering papers, and in the other, she is walking down a road, flanked by a man and her enslaved maid.
Two magazine advertisements for Dolly Madison cakes from the 1950s or 1960s. In one, a smiling boy holds a cupcake, which the ad proclaims is an “Anytime treat!” Another cupcake on a plate is split open to reveal its cream filling. The other ad is titled, “Simplest Picnic Dessert on Earth...Good too!” An open picnic basket reveals packages of “Jelly Puffs,” “Tropical Smacks,” and frosted chocolate “Treats.” In the background, a man sits on a picnic blanket while a woman hands him a snack cake, and a little girl runs toward them.
A selection of 1970s snack cake advertising merchandise with a stylized Dolly Madison logo (essentially a smiley face wearing a kerchief) and Peanuts characters, including a “Snoopy for President” bookmark, a “Vote for Snoopy” card with Charlie Brown, and a cardboard cutout featuring Lucy.
How did #DolleyMadison become an #advertising #icon for everything from #icecream to #cigars to #snackcakes? Continuing our “Dolley Days in May,” we look at Dolley in #popculture. Read more: buff.ly/YqgxMM9
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Looking through the branches of a white dogwood tree in full blossom. The front columns and portico of the Montpelier house are visible to the right. A white fence along the left stands out against the lush green grass.
We’re celebrating #Spring at Montpelier!
#DolleyMadison wrote to her cousin in 1832, “We ... are busy in the Sun-shine, hope, and Spring Weather.” We wish the same for you!
Montpelier Foundation photo.
#MyMontpelier #VAFoothills #LoveVA #springtime @SavingPlaces
It’s #HistoricGardenWeek in Virginia, and we invite you to stop and smell the #flowers (at least virtually!) in Montpelier’s #gardens with our blog post: “A Paradise of Roses.” www.montpelier.org/a-paradise-o...
#MyMontpelier #VAFoothills #LoveVA #springtime #spring @SavingPlaces
James Madison's hand-drawn diagram showing the orbits of the planets around the sun. The sun is drawn with a human face.
We’re celebrating #EarthDay, with #JamesMadison’s drawing of the #earth in its place within the entire #solarsystem. It appears in a notebook he used during his student days, either at Donald Robertson’s school or at #Princeton. Library of Congress.
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(2/2) #MyMontpelier #VAFoothills #LoveVA #springtime #spring @SavingPlaces
(2/2) #MyMontpelier #VAFoothills #LoveVA #springtime #spring @SavingPlaces
(2/2) He was the best farmer in the world.”
The skill and hard work of Montpelier’s enslaved field laborers brought Madison’s planning to fruition.
Photo: Kenneth Garrett
#nationalagday #agriculture #MyMontpelier #VAFoothills #LoveVA @SavingPlaces
(4/4) Amos Doolittle, "Federal Hall, Seat of Congress,” Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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(3/3) Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress.
#RememberTheAlamo #AmericanHistory #MyMontpelier @SavingPlaces
(3/3) Significant foreign policy issues included the Louisiana Purchase, the Barbary Wars, and French and British violations of neutral shipping rights.
Portrait by Thomas Sully after Gilbert Stuart, National Portrait Gallery.
#AmericanHistory #MyMontpelier @SavingPlaces
(2/2) This shortened the “lame duck” period and brought the newly-elected #POTUS into office sooner.
Statue of James Madison, Library of Congress James Madison Building, Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
#americanhistory #americanpresident #MyMontpelier @SavingPlaces
A bronze statue of James and Dolley Madison outside the Montpelier Visitor Center. He is seated, reading a book, while she looks over his shoulder. Paper birthday hats have been placed on their heads.
Happy March! It's #JamesMadison's #birthday month as well as #WomensHistoryMonth. Look for our #MadisonMondays and #WomensHistoryWednesdays, plus posts featuring women from #MontpelierNamingProject on the weekends. Luckily we have 31 days to #March through #MyMontpelier history!
(3/3) Madison made no comment about the king’s death in his 1820 letters, leaving us to wonder how he viewed his former adversary by this time.
Library of Congress image
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The Montpelier house in the snow. The large red brick house has three yellow doors, four white columns, and green shutters. There is snow on the roof, on the ground, and on the trees behind the house.
How are you holding up through the #winter #weather? Depending on where you live, you might agree with #DolleyMadison when she wrote to her cousin Betsy Coles in 1831, “This last, Norwegian Winter, has proved too cold for me—”
#MyMontpelier #VAFoothills #LoveVA
