america – Black and White

James Madison trending

John Henri Isaac Browere life-mask bust of President Madison — Per request of Mr. Browere, busts of myself and of my wife, regarded as exact likenesses, have been executed by him in plaister, being casts made from the moulds formed on our persons, of which this certificate is given under my hand at Montpelier, 19, October, 1825.
James Madison.

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Browere’s Life Masks of Great Americans, by
Charles Henry Hart

Arlington

an oak and soldiers — An oak and soldiers.
Visiting Arlington yearly should be a required activity for all members of the Executive branch.
And the rest of us.

Another day

Trudy Coates in the shop at Rosni Farm — Born in Radiant Virginia.

tribes

Francis Fauquier. An Essay on Ways and Means for Raising Money for the Support of the Present War, without Increasing the Public Debts (1756) : Fauquier wrote this essay, which generated significant public debate, in the context of the Seven Years’ War with France. In it, he argued that the war would be too expensive for the government to finance by increasing taxes on manufacturers or workers, and suggested that taxes be levied on houses instead. In a second edition he added arguments in favour of a capitation tax based on estates and consumption.–Wikipedia

downtown Warrenton

Saturday

every Saturday

Rapidan Trading Post

country store — Can you still buy everything necessary for life at neighborhood stores?

into the light

exiting Shenandoah valley side — Emerging west from the Crozet tunnel.

Steve Ashby montage

photo montage — photo montage by Steve Ashby

bicentennial

Mall Washington DC — National Mall, 1976. A boy and his aeroplane.

U.S. Capitol

November 2 2004 Capitol — How do you mend a broken heart?
(November 3, 2004)

Looking down

dog foot flag cap — .