The featured programs for the Madison, James Tag http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?topic=129 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 13:33:49 GMT On June 18, 1812, the United States declared war on Great Britain. On the occasion of the bicentennial of the War of 1812, historian Anthony Pitch, author of [The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814], discussed what happened when the British burned Washington. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306400-4 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306400-4 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT James Madison, the fourth president of the United States, owned about a hundred slaves at Montpelier, his forty-six-hundred-acre estate in Orange County, Virginia, 90 miles south of the nation's capital. Matthew Reeves gave a tour of an archaeological project investigating the slave quarters at James Madison's Montpelier. The three year archaeology project was jointly funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Montpelier Foundation. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304765-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304765-1 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT John Douglas Hall portrayed President James Madison as if it were 1811. President Madison discussed events of the day including conflicts with France and England in shipping and trade, the national bank, and cabinet appointments. He responded to questions from members of the audience at Gadsby's Tavern, which was frequented by James Madison and other Founding Fathers. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299215-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299215-1 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT