Now, the singer has been presented with a new opportunity: to perform at Madison's home. The Virginia house, called Montpelier, is a museum and memorial to the former president, who led the nation ...

For most of the 20 th century, however, Montpelier had little to do with James and Dolley Madison. The estate had been purchased in 1901 by William duPont Sr., who took the 22-room house the ...

“Beyond 2011, much of the interiors’ work will be dependent on what objects come to light and again how much funding we have to put toward this effort,” said Allison Deeds, ...

No American flags fly in view of Montpelier, Madison’s plantation home in rural ... Outdoors and in the house’s huge basement, dozens of interactive stations seek to draw a direct line between ...

the restoration of James Madison's Montpelier is one of the most important historical restoration projects in the country today. Because of the extensive changes that were made to the house in the ...

Montpelier's highlights include the library where Madison did most of his research ... Downstairs, Dolley's in-house kitchen -- kitchens of that era were usually in outbuildings -- features ...

Museums have loaned Montpelier items known to have come from the house. Every furnished room displays original Madison pieces, from the two sideboards in the dining room to a tea table in Mother ...

Rita Braver brings the Madison story home: This is not your ordinary remodeling project, because this is not your ordinary house. It is Montpelier, where founding father James Madison, the fourth ...

president of the Montpelier Foundation, which operates the site and is receiving the donation, said in a telephone interview Thursday. Madison and his famous wife lived in the house off and on for ...

I’m embarrassed to admit that I didn’t know a whole lot about James Madison before I visited his house, Montpelier, recently. Without the benefit of an HBO mini-series chronicling his life ...

documents and a famous portrait of George Washington when the British burned the White House in 1814. Jennings returned to Montpelier as Madison's personal manservant. After Madison's death ...

We also visited Mr. Madison’s “temple,” a Greek and Roman inspired gazebo covering a former ice house. The restored Montpelier mansion and estate is owned by the National Trust for Historic ...