Hamilton Grange National Memorial

Hamilton Grange National Memorial This was the country home of US Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.
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We recently noticed a pair of robins building a nest in one of the rose bushes in front of Hamilton Grange, and we were ...
06/02/2026

We recently noticed a pair of robins building a nest in one of the rose bushes in front of Hamilton Grange, and we were able to capture some pictures of at least two baby robins inside of the nest! Alexander Hamilton’s daughter Angelica loved birds, and you can imagine her excitedly observing nests like this one when the family lived here two centuries ago.

While Hamilton Grange is usually closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, we will be open this Monday, May 25, from 10-5, for the...
05/22/2026

While Hamilton Grange is usually closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, we will be open this Monday, May 25, from 10-5, for the Memorial Day holiday.

What was the character of Aaron Burr? Alexander Hamilton’s opposition to Burr’s political career was based on his belief...
05/18/2026

What was the character of Aaron Burr?

Alexander Hamilton’s opposition to Burr’s political career was based on his belief that Burr was a man with no true principles. Hamilton wrote in one letter, “No Mortal can tell what his political principles are. He has talked all around the compass… The truth seems to be that he has no plan but that of getting power by any means and keeping it by all means. It is probable that if he has any theory ‘tis that of simple despotism.”

Decades after his famous duel with Hamilton, Aaron Burr met with famed abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison in Boston. Garrison’s reflections on their conversation show that he had a similar impression of Burr’s character. Burr attempted to convince Garrison that his anti-slavery efforts were futile and pointless, but Garrison observed that he never expressed any actual opinion of his own on slavery itself. “As he revealed himself to my moral sense, I saw that he was destitute of any fixed principles… I do not remember that he undertook to argue the rightfulness of slavery—his aim being, rather, to convince me both of the folly and danger of attempting to struggle with the slave power for its overthrow.”

Garrison found Burr’s arguments unconvincing: “He was baffled in his purpose, and soon found that he was dealing with one who occupied a very different plane from his own… We parted—he courteous and plausible to the last, and I firm and uncompromising.”

Images: Portrait of William Lloyd Garrison, Library of Congress. Lithograph of Aaron Burr based on an 1834 painting by James Van Dyck, National Archives.

in 1804, Jerome Bonaparte, youngest brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, dined with Alexander Hamilton at the Grange. Bonapa...
05/13/2026

in 1804, Jerome Bonaparte, youngest brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, dined with Alexander Hamilton at the Grange. Bonaparte brought with him Elizabeth Patterson, a wealthy woman reputed to be the most beautiful woman in Baltimore, who he had recently married. When Bonaparte returned to France the following year, Elizabeth was not permitted to enter the country. Emperor Napoleon had his younger brother's marriage to Elizabeth annulled, so that the emperor could marry off his brother to a European noblewoman, thus further consolidating his power in Europe. Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte gave birth to the couple's son, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, in England before returning to the United States. She never saw her former husband again, who later married Princess Katharina of Württemberg.

The American line of the Bonaparte family continued to live in Maryland. Jerome’s grandson, Charles Joseph Bonaparte, served on President Theodore Roosevelt’s cabinet as both Secretary of the Navy and as Attorney General.

Images: “Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia", portrait on porcelain by Sophie Liénard. Napoleon-empire.org. “Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte” by Gilbert Stuart.

May the Fourth be with you! One of the things Alexander Hamilton is most famous for is his duel with Aaron Burr, and Sta...
05/04/2026

May the Fourth be with you! One of the things Alexander Hamilton is most famous for is his duel with Aaron Burr, and Star Wars day has us thinking about other famous duels.

Happy Earth Day from Hamilton Grange National Memorial! Since 1970, Earth Day has been celebrated across the United Stat...
04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day from Hamilton Grange National Memorial! Since 1970, Earth Day has been celebrated across the United States as a day to reflect on how to protect and preserve our environment. The National Park Service was formed with the mission to “preserve unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the national park system for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations.”

In honor of Earth Day, we would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Girl Scout Troop 493 from Flushing, NY, who recently helped clean up the grounds of Hamilton Grange. We invite everyone to celebrate Earth Day by doing something to support our planet and our parks.

(Images: NPS) The first image shows Troop 493 raking and cleaning up trash on the grounds of Hamilton Grange, the second shows them posing with a large pile of trash bags.

April is National Volunteer Month, and thanks to our volunteers, our garden at Hamilton Grange is beginning to bloom!Ale...
04/17/2026

April is National Volunteer Month, and thanks to our volunteers, our garden at Hamilton Grange is beginning to bloom!

Alexander Hamilton was involved in every aspect of planning his country home, including the landscaping and gardens, and our gardens today are partly based on Hamilton’s own writings and plans. Hamilton Grange has a dedicated group of volunteers that maintains the garden year-round, and within the next month the lawn in front of the Grange will be bursting with color. In the image below you can see some of our early spring blooms, including daffodils, violets, and hyacinths.

Happy National Pet Day!Pets are an important part of family life in many households, and Hamilton Grange was no differen...
04/11/2026

Happy National Pet Day!

Pets are an important part of family life in many households, and Hamilton Grange was no different. In an 1802 letter to his South Carolina friend and fellow politician, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Alexander Hamilton mentioned “My daughter adds another request, which is for three or four of your peroquets (parakeets). She is very fond of birds.” This was Angelica Hamilton, the older of Alexander and Eliza’s two daughters. Angelica had suffered a lapse in her mental health following the death of her brother Phillip a year earlier, and her parents made every effort to make her happy.

The birds Hamilton requested may have been Carolina Parakeets, a small species of parrot native to the United States that went extinct in the early 20th century.

(Image: National Galery of Art) Carolina Parakeets by John James Audubon, who lived near Hamilton Grange in the mid-19th century.

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