KAT IMHOFF

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 22, 2019

Kat Imhoff, President & CEO, The Montpelier Foundation, responsible for the

home of President James Madison, the Father of the Constitution and Architect

of the Bill of Rights, will step down this fall

MONTPELIER STATION, VA - Dennis A. K...

These are the dog days of summer, but all I can think about is a brightly-colored parrot that used to fly the halls of Montpelier. Her name was Polly (I know, the Madisons could have tried a tad harder on the creative naming process). 

According to the Madisons’ friend...

In Greek, the prefix “amphi” means “both” or “double”. When combined with “bios,” you have the word amphibian. Amphibians, creatures that have both lives, starting life in the water but able to live away from water as they evolve and mature. A most miraculous metamorph...

As we celebrate the 250th birthday of Dolley Madison, let’s take a moment to reflecton the woman who had a real and lasting effecton on our nation’s history.

As our nation’s first First Lady, Dolley was known for her grace and hospitality. A hospitality that was more of...

While the Constitution seems to have become the realm of Ivy-League lawyers and a handful of elite judges, it hasn’t always been that way. At one time, there was widespread interest in ensuring the general public had a firm understanding of America’s founding document....

While it’s traditional for dogs to “belong” to their human owners, I’ve always felt like I actually belonged to our four-legged family members. I used to belong to a dog that had an unerring knack for finding box turtles. That seemed to be particularly true in the spri...

There is a three-day weekend on the horizon, and some of us even know that Monday, February 19th is President’s Day.

I vaguely remember that back in the days of yore when I was a wee child President's Day was really a Washington's Birthday celebration. And then somehow...

I love words; this apparently makes me a “logophile.” And there are some words just describe a moment, event, or feeling in exactly the right way, like a puzzle piece clicking into place. There are words like tintinnabulation, its onomatopoeic structure evoking the rin...

As we frolic from Thanksgiving towards Christmas, I am struck by how the celebration of Christmas Day has changed over time. Since I am embedded at James Madison's Montpelier, living literally in the shadow of Madison and the interpretation of his life, it has made me...

One of the best things about being the CEO of a place like Montpelier is living and walking on the same ground that James Madison enjoyed. It forces you to picture the Founders as human beings. Madison, for instance, riding his horse, Tamerlane, along the edge of the w...