The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-24
VISIT MONTPELIER
ROOSEVELT WILL GO TO HOME or
 MADISON.
Expects to Spend Thanksgiving at Fine Estate Where Former Presi- dent Lived-"Oak HalP
 is Near By.

Washington. Nov. 23.--(Special.)- -It was announced few days ago that President Roosevelt and several of the members of his family will visit on Thanksgiving Day Montpelier" which was the Virginia home of Presi- dent James Madison
 Montpelier" is located in the county of Orange. and is immediately on the main line of the Southern railway about four miles South of the town of Orange. where the Southern and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railways meet and use the same tracks to the City Of Washington, being only seventy miles from Washington.
 Although President Roosevelt has made repeated visits to Virginia since becoming Chief Executive he has long deferred going to Montpelier" About two years ago he spent day at Char lottesville where he went to address the students of the University of Vir- ginia, and he was the guest for several hours on that occasion of ex-Congress- man Jefferson M. Levy, of New York, who owns Montpelier" few miles outside of Charlottesville.
 Mir Roosevelt expressed the greatest pleasure in having had the opportunity to spend a. few hours at the home of not only the author of the Declaration of Independence but also the founder of the University of Virginia. And on the way back from his recent bear hunt in the cane-brakes of Louisia ma he determined to visit the Hermitage in Tennessee, where he also. greatly enjoyed himself
 Montpelier is owned by William DuPont of Delaware, and he is a mem- Der of the well known family noted for its connection with the powder trust William DuPont. however. is not identified with that gigantic cor poration. He is a man of large means and has been living several years in Virginia where he has become thoroughly identified with the people of the Old Dominion. He has spent many thousands of dollars in putting
 Madison's grand old home in fine order. Although the residence has
 been modernized by putting in bath rooms gas. hot water heaters and the like nothing whatever has been done to change the exterior.
 It stands practically as it was when the father of the United States consti- tution lived there and entertained within its hospitable walls some of the greatest men of the world. During his last trip to America. General Lafayette visited Mir. Madison dt MOHtpeueIS anu tHe GnterLa1n- ments given in his honor were the talk of the neighborhood for half a cen tury or more by the oldest citizens. but probably there is not a man cor
 woman living in Orange county. now
 who was on earth when the distin-
 guished French general visited Presi-
 dent Madison.
 The home of President James Mon
 roe is not many miles from Washington
 being located in Loudoun county which
 borders on the Potomac river. The
 name of MT. Monroe;s place is "Oak Hall" It is now the property of Henry Fairfax, who made considerable money as an engineer and railroad
 contractor. After retiring from busi-
 ness he served several terms in the state Senate of Virginia and during the ad-
 ministration of Governor Montague
 was one of the three members of the Virginia Corporations Board.
 It is understood that President Roosevelt will also visit Oak Hall." in the near future. for he is said to be anxious to visit all the homes of for
 mer presidents that have been kept in tact Alfred J. Stofer.