Constitution Quiz of the Week!
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July is French-American heritage month!
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de #Lafayette visited Montpelier twice during the 2 yrs he toured the country – all 24 states!
What 2 yrs did Lafayette’s grand U.S. tour take place?
A. 1777-1778
B. 1797-1798
C. 1824-1825
D. 1840-1841
Created in collaboration w. the Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier.
@JMMontpelier@academicchatter He also visited Albert Gallatin in SW PA. Gallatin had been Jefferson and then Madison’s Sec of Treasury until he went to negotiate the peace treat that ended the War of 1812. He went on to be American minister (US didn’t have ambassadors then) to London and Paris. In the latter post he and LaFayette became friends.
#OTD 1805 #DolleyMadison went to #Philadelphia for an ulcerated tumor on her knee: “Doct. Physick has seen it, & says he will cure me in a month.” Dr. Philip Syng Physick immobilized the knee with splints and used caustics to destroy the tumor, avoiding surgery.
📸Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
That was fake. I hoped the slight tone of sarcasm and hashtag gave it away. I Do appreciate you sharing history, however. :-) @JMMontpelier@academicchatter
Dating Sept. 25, 1773, this account statement between Joseph Woodfolk & George Mitchell is signed by James Madison Sr., the president's father.
It includes a receipt for various supplies, including 2 bed cords, 8 nails, 1 quart mug & 1 pair of buckles.
Document with Madison Sr.’s signature, MF2014.22.5, The Montpelier Collection.
#OTD 1787 the full text of the #Constitution was printed for the public for the first time in the "The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser", issue No. 2690, published by Dunlap & Claypoole, Philadelphia.
Sept.17 marks the anniversary of the signing of the #Constitution. #JamesMadison wrote to #ThomasJefferson in March 1787, when plans were underway for the #ConstitutionalConvention, “What may be the result of this political experiment cannot be foreseen.”
11 days before the Constitution was signed, Madison wrote Jefferson, “If the present moment be lost it is hard to say what may be our fate.”
Join Montpelier’s Sr. Research Historian Hilarie Hicks as she discusses Montpelier’s duPont family history, shows personal photos of the duPonts at Montpelier, and reveals some surprising connections between the Madisons and duPonts.
What does a #President do if the #WhiteHouse is uninhabitable?
Rent a new house! That's what #JamesMadison did on Sept. 8, 1814, moving into the #OctagonHouse after British troops burned the White House.
National Photo Company collection, Library of Congress, 1910-1926.