Inside James Madison's Montpelier

Join the @BobbleheadGeorge crew for a behind the scenes look inside of Montpelier, the home of the "Father of the Constitution" and the fourth president of the United States, James Madison. Come along with Mr. Raymond, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Gimbi as they give you access to the interior of the mansion and walk you through the rooms of Montpelier and tell the stories of rooms, the mansion, and the people who lived, visited, and labored there. We will also will give you a unique look at the restoration of the mansion by our amazing friends at James Madison's Montpelier.

0:01 - Welcome to James Madison's Montpelier!
0:22 - The South Passage
0:48 - The Drawing Room
1:28 - Artistic work on display in the Drawing Room
1:54 - The dining room at Montpelier
2:38 - How Montpelier's curators identify objects that were in James Madison's dining room
3:16 - The New Library
3:25 - James Madison's love of books and maps
3:41 - James Madison's papers
4:10 - The Old Library
4:21 - James Madison's preparation for the Constitutional Convention
4:49 - The Restoration Room at Montpelier
5:02 - The plaster walls that make up James Madison's Montpelier
6:39 - Items found by the restoration staff at James Madison's Montpelier
7:11 - Mr. Madison's Room
7:28 - The death and burial of James Madison
7:47 - Madison family cemetery
8:02 - Thank you for joining us at James Madison's Montpelier
8:32 - Bonus material and outtakes

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[Darkfrog]

I like the speech patterns. They're quick and clear. I like that they get straight to the point.

[GhostlyComrade]

Please keep making these videos. You guys have so much potential.

This is the best video of Madison's home I have seen!

[ajames]

Thank you, cool to see it furnished. I was a preservation carpenter and worked on the restoration from July 2005-November 2007. Such a great time and project

[timothykozlowski]

Those paintings must be worth a fortune

[maxipoo]

Was that chessboard used by James madison?

[carmencross]

Thank you so much! What a wonderful and informative video!

[ForgingFreedomTV]

Constitutional Democracy? No, it’s a Constitutional Republic. That being said, thanks for documenting this piece of history

[Marval]

I'm curious why Dolly was not at his side when he died. Any ideas?

[t-murph]

Great Video!!! I saw a ghost there!!!! The lady we saw on a 4th grade field trip is in one of the paintings of all the staff and people that were there, she was a maid or someone that worked in the kitchen! We saw her upstairs in the kitchen from outside in the back True Story

[davidarmes]

What did they use to build it with? 1765 no power tools.

[josephzao]

An open letter to the state of Virginia.

In accredited education in the United States of America, nobody that’s an American citizen and have some mind and sensitivity goes to a Virginia school without prior knowledge of what an advantage it might be to go through their disadvantage.

The United States was put together successfully in the absence of everything Virginia could be.

It does not take a substantial degree or citizen to recognize that Virginia is “a horse of a different color” in a population that is never fit the American agenda for anything today, yesterday tomorrow or forever.

The year is 2024, not 1776. Virginia has absolutely nothing to do with freedom and remains a prison state today.

Virginia is no good for love or money. What’s the synthetic advantage of getting near it in family, business, Law, literature, medicine, politics, history, or military.

[ninedaysqueen]

Why was there no tour of the slavery exhibits or cabins? Certainly those are more important than the racist enslaver who owned the place, just saying..