Defacing Montpelier and Monticello

To say that Jefferson and Madison were architects of a grand experiment in liberty is hardly to laud them as perfect. Yet today’s transformed Montpelier shocked a visitor as ‘a one hour Critical Race Theory experience disguised as a tour.’

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Detail of 'Presidents of the United States: Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison,' printed by Andrew Maverick, 1812. NYPL via Wikimedia Commons

Montpelier and Monticello, the homesteads of James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, are well on their way to becoming museums of the faults of two Founding Fathers. That is according to reporting from the New York Post, which details transformations at these magnificent spaces. Behind these changes is the co-founder of the Carlyle Group, billionaire David Rubenstein. The programming at these sites has undergone a face-lift for the worse. 

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