Orange Virginia Charters of Freedom

04/12/2024

So Close!!!!!

03/21/2024

Further progress has been made. More to be done but things are looking good.

03/16/2024

In the mid-1700s to the end of that century, WHY was our government, a Republic, considered an experiment and/or a miracle? James Barbour expressed a core element concisely in his eulogy of James Madison: "with the universally prevalent opinion among mankind, that republics could exist only a most limited territory,". It was the prevailing opinion and prediction that the new republic known as The United States of America, governed through elected representation and protected by our Constitution - would fail. Our Republic has faced many perils and challenges and has survived thus far.

Article IV, Section 4, "clause 1" - also known as the "Guarantee Clause" -"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government..." It also guarantees "..shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence."
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution

02/29/2024

The plaque that will be affixed to the boulder from Peter's Mountain in Barboursvillle commemorating the Snyder Act of 1924. This act decreed

"That all non-citizens Indian born within the territorial limits of the United States be, and they are hereby, declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided, that the granting of such citizenship shall not in any manner impair or otherwise affect the right of any Indian to Tribal or other property."

Prior to this Act, only "Indian" males who served in the military were granted citizenship and the right to vote. The Act was enacted through the 15th Amendment.

02/09/2024

We appreciate your support.

Hall of Agriculture & Transportation.The James Madison Museum in the Town of Orange, Virginia, is the first museum in the U.S. to honor our 4th President, Father of the Constitution, and author of the Bill of Rights, James Madison. A blend of presidential, cultural and agricultural exhibits, the...

01/12/2024

Check out the The James Madison Museum of Orange County Heritage's 2024 Speaker Series

Events at the James Madison Museum located in Orange, Virginia, a museum dedicated to 4th President of the United States James Madison and his wife, Dolley Madison.

01/12/2024

(We definitely need to re-paint the building!) This week:

12/30/2023

Things are looking great for this Spring. Thank you for your support over these last few years. We are all excited for the construction of the setting! Please accept our best wishes for a happy and healthy 2024.

11/04/2023

Foundation Forward's construction schedule finished later than anticipated, thus, we are looking at early 2024 for our setting. You can look at their map to see just how many settings have been built thus far.

THANK you for your patience, and, for your continued support of this project.

The Completed Map of Locations from Foundation Forward, Inc. an educational non-profit that installs life-size replicas of the United States’ Charters of Freedom: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights in communities across America.