Dolley Payne is born in the Quaker community of New Garden (now part of Greensboro), North Carolina to parents John Payne and Mary Coles Payne. Dolley’s father, John Payne, liberates his slaves and ...
James Madison is one of the most famous founding fathers, writing numerous political papers such as parts of the Federalist Papers and the United States Constitution, and eventually becoming the ...
As the British neared the White House, Dolley Madison directed that a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington be removed. The Montpelier Foundation In the years leading up to America’s second war ...
Some historians and curators suspect that the empire-style gown, which Dolley Madison owned until her death in 1849, may have been made from the curtains she salvaged ...
On this day in 1794, Rep. James Madison of Virginia married Dolley Payne Todd, a widow who went on to successfully embrace the role of first lady when Madison became the nation’s fourth president in ...
Dolley Madison, the fashionable wife of President James Madison, was the hostess with the mostess in Washington from 1809 to 1817. She threw the best parties in town, hands down. So, what would she ...
Remember the TGIF sitcoms of yesteryear? Jason Dolley does, and he's not quite sure what happened to them. "They were so huge, especially when my parents were growing up — everyone watched TV ...
Dolley Payne is born in the Quaker community of New Garden (now part of Greensboro), North Carolina to parents John Payne and Mary Coles Payne. Dolley’s father, John Payne, liberates his slaves and ...