How I spent my Summer Vacation...

"I added a few pictures from my trip."

"MONTPILIER"

HOME OF JAMES MADISON, 

NEAR ORANGE, VA.

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"WELCOME TO ASH LAWN"

 "What a picturesque entry to the Home of James Monroe."

"This view is the new part.  After a fire, whats left of 
the original Monroe house is behind this."

 Front view showing beautiful Boxwood Hedges
"The Gardens were beautiful everywhere we went."

"The white part of the house is Original."

STATUE OF JAMES MONROE

AT "ASH LAWN,"

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.

STATUE OF PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE,
erected at "Ash Lawn" in 1931 on  the 100th anniversary of his death. 
Made by the sculptor Atillio Piccirelli on the order of the Venezuelan Government as a mark of appreciation when they were defended by the Monroe Doctrine during Cleveland's administration. 

"Ash Lawn," home of James Monroe, revolutionary hero, signer of the Louisiana Purchase, author of the Monroe Doctrine,
and fifth President of the United States. 
Planned for him by his friend and neighbor Thomas Jefferson
and built in 1798, within sight of Monticello
and about four miles from Charlottesville, Va.

Been there...

Done that!