James Madison James Madison’s foundation, destroyed from within By Quin Hillyer, Deputy Commentary Editor September 09, 2022 02:00 PM Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Email Print James Madison James Madison’s foundation, destroyed from within By Quin Hillyer, Deputy Commentary Editor September 09, 2022 02:00 PM Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Email Print For more than two decades, the Montpelier Foundation has restored the estate of founding father James Madison and won widespread praise for honoring his legacy without shying away from the role of slavery in the plantation’s history. It has been seen as a model landmark of American historical pride and education. And all that could be lost if the radical activists who have pulled off a coup on the foundation board, and who aim to topple America’s other founding museums and memorials, succeed. For them, the nation’s founding is a more sinister event, and they seek to co-opt the father of the Constitution to tell their warped tale of American evil. For now, self-proclaimed “termites,” aided by a sympathetic media and discredited organizations such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, have riven the foundation, put its financial health at great risk, and even flirted with a United Nations-aided land grab of the region around James Madison’s Montpelier by designating it one large UNESCO heritage site. The plan is to establish Montpelier as a beachhead for radical reinterpretations of history. To a somewhat lesser extent, leftists have succeeded...