At the Belle Grove Bed and Breakfast blog we get a nice report and lots of photos from the James Madison birthday celebration last Saturday at Montpelier, Madison’s mountain retreat and home in Virginia.
Wreaths in honor of James Madison’s birthday, March 16, 2013, at his grave site at Montpelier, Virginia. Photos by Michelle and Brett Darnell, Belle Grove Plantation B&B
Best report I’ve seen — go over there and give it a read and view.
James Alger, President of James Madison University, delivered an address, “Return to James Madison.” Montpelier CEO Kat Imhof sits to his immediate right. Photos by the Darnells
James Madison University’s President Jonathan Alger delivered an address, “Return to Madison.” I’m hoping someone still has a copy in electronic form that we can get hold of.
More:
- A presidential chat (jmubethechange.wordpress.com)
- March 16, Freedoms Day – How to celebrate James Madison? (timpanogos.wordpress.com)
- Happy Birthday Jemmy! (virginiaplantation.wordpress.com)
- Madison’s 262nd Birthday Marked in Va. (newsplex.com)
- 10 interesting facts about James Madison (constitutioncenter.org)
- Freedom of Information Day 2013 (districtdispatch.org)
- How Congress Talks about Sunshine Week (sunlightfoundation.com)
View from a basement window at James Madison’s Montpelier near Barboursville, Virginia, storm clouds clear and the Blue Ridge Mountains come into view (2011) (Photo by gsputrich)
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