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Mrs. Eola Dance, president of the Montpelier Foundation, talks about the annual James Madison Wreath Laying Ceremony with U.S. Marines at Madison Family Cemetery in Orange, Virginia, March 16th, 2024. This date marks the 273rd anniversary of James Madison’s birthday, celebrated annually by the Commonwealth of Virginia as James Madison Appreciation Day. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Keahi J. Soomanstanton)

Mrs. Eola Dance, president of the Montpelier Foundation, talks about the annual James Madison Wreath Laying Ceremony with U.S. Marines at Madison Family Cemetery in Orange, Virginia, March 16th, 2024. This date marks the 273rd anniversary of James Madison’s birthday, celebrated annually by the Commonwealth of Virginia as James Madison Appreciation Day. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Keahi J. Soomanstanton)

The Madison wreath laying ceremony, held at the final resting place of the 4th President of the United States, James Madison, also known as the Father of the Constitution, at his home at Montpelier, Orange, Va., March 16, 2019. This event was held in commemoration of the 268th anniversary of the birthdate of Madison, and has also been decreed as James Madison Appreciation Day for the Commonwealth of Virginia. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Haley Buker)

The Commemoration of the 265th Anniversary of James Madison's birth was held at Montpelier, Orange, Va., March 16, 2016. A wreath laying ceremony took place to honor James Madison, our fourth President, and his contributions to the United States. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Jordan E. Gilbert/Released)