For one day in July, Washingtonians will get access to an under-the-radar building steps away from the White House that's ...
Award-winning hit play “Dolley. F***ing. Madison” is back for America’s birthday weekend, with its spirited look at the value ...
Before she moved to Washington, D.C., with America's fourth president, Dolley Madison lived in a brick house on Walnut Street. Over two centuries later, she's returning to her roots with an event ...
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 ...
Carpenters' Hall re-creates the tea parties Dolley Madison hosted that helped build a young nation. Tuesday Tea with Dolley Madison at Carpenters Hall offers an array of scones, tea sandwiches, and ...
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 ...
Spilling the tea has been a part of the American fiber since that first colony set up shop. Telling stories about dresses worn and food eaten is the type of gossip that fueled polite society; however, ...
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 ...
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Dolley Madison’s White House was one of the few places in the nation where hope and determination continued to flourish. Although she was born a Quaker, Dolley saw herself as a fighter. “I have always ...
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