Join us on Saturday, September 21 for specialty tours, activity booths, hikes, food trucks, and more. A detailed itinerary can be found at montpelier.org.

#OTD 1787 the #ConstitutionalConvention appointed a Committee of Style “to revise the stile of and arrange the articles which had been agreed to by the House," including #JamesMadison. Gouverneur Morris was the lead writer, penning “We, the People of the United States...”

#OTD in 1783, #JamesMadison decided to sell William (Billey) Gardner into short-term servitude in Philadelphia. Find out why at #MontpelierNamingProject. buff.ly/3MRrgyN

During the Constitution Day Archaeology Expedition, we will be working at a site where a metal detector survey recently located several homes for enslaved families dating to the 1820s. Register at buff.ly/3B04Fgp

We know that Demas was born #OTD in 1777, because Isaac Hite recorded his birthdate. Read his story at #MontpelierNamingProject. buff.ly/3AMbaUi #SayTheirNames #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory #InvisibleFounders #CompleteAmericanStory @jmmdescendants Saving Places

By the dawn's early light on September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key saw the #Americanflag over #FortMcHenry and composed the poem that later became the #NationalAnthem -- an unexpected legacy of "Mr. Madison's War." #Warof1812 #StarSpangledBanner c/o Library of Congress

We know the birth dates of very few people #enslaved at #Montpelier. Today we honor Webster on his birthday: September 18. Read his story at #MontpelierNamingProject. buff.ly/4dIQQl8 #SayTheirNames #InvisibleFounders #CompleteAmericanStory @jmmdescendants Saving Places