Date: 2016-01-14
Dolley Madison Remembers Friends & Foes
7:00pm — Featuring Professional Historical Interpreter Patricia Perry *** Of the early First Ladies in the United States, Dolley Madison, wife of James Madison, fourth President of the United States, has been considered the most colorful. In her eight years in Washington, D.C. (1809-1817), she made the President’s Mansion a delightful place to visit.She met twelve American Presidents and their wives, inventors, politicians and visiting European royalty. She helped lay the cornerstone of the Washington Monument, and was threatened by the invading British in 1812. You will hear her personal memories of George Washington, Francis Scott Key and more. Presented by the Framingham Public Library. LOCATION: Town Hall, Blumer Room.
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