Madison at 83 by Longacre
This portrait was the last painted of James Madison during his lifetime. James Barton Longacre visited Madison at Montpelier in July of...
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B. Sullivan
- Aug 15
Mold - P-U!
Please, protect your special treasures properly. It is sad when you see the damage that is done by moisture when something is saved in a...
B. Sullivan
- Feb 15
“Any color the customer wants, as long as it’s black.” Henry Ford
(All images are the 1924 Model T donated by Tex Webb.) With regard to the color of the Model T's (1919 - 1925), Henry Ford is quoted for...
B. Sullivan
- Feb 10
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...
Anyone who had watched Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" remembers the wicked Queen, obsessed with her beauty, uttered those...
B. Sullivan
- Feb 3
The Green Book
Technically, the Jim Crow Period was from 1867-1877. It was a time when federal laws provided protection of civil rights for former...
B. Sullivan
- Nov 3, 2022
I'll connect you...
We've very recently received a donation from Robbie Colvin of the original phone switchboard of the President Madison Inn (James Madison...
B. Sullivan
- Oct 6, 2022
Edison Blue Amberol Cylinders
I will admit straight out that my knowledge of inventor and businessman Thomas Alva Edison is weak, limited. For myself, the donation of...
B. Sullivan
- Sep 24, 2022
"Your oath on the Bible...."
The Museum has several Bibles in our Collection, even a mid-1700's Book of Common Prayer. When colonists arrived on America's shores,...
B. Sullivan
- Aug 27, 2022
Tully Choice Bond, Dec. 26, 1750
"My word is my bond." A handshake sealed a deal. These were codes of honor of men from our past which pretty well died out after the...
B. Sullivan
- Feb 26, 2022
We're Almost There!!!
We are on schedule for the beginning of construction in March! Check out our "Charters of Freedom" tab and visit New tab...
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