Seven Founders -- George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay -- determined the destinies of the new nation.

Madison worked closely with President George Washington to organize the new federal government.

Madison was crucial in persuading George Washington to attend the convention, since he knew how important the president would be to the adoption of a constitution.

Madison pointed out that a limited government would be created, and that the powers delegated ‘ to the federal government are few and defined .” Madison persuaded prominent figures such as George Mason and Edmund Randolph, who had refused to endorse the constitution at the convention, to change their position and support it at the ratifying convention.

George Washington and James Madison were leading supporters ; Patrick Henry and George Mason were leading opponents.

Prospects for the next convention appeared bleak until James Madison and Edmund Randolph succeeded in securing George Washington's attendance as a delegate to Philadelphia.

No president identified himself as a deist, but George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and John Tyler are often identified as having some degree of deistic beliefs.

Chief Justice Morrison Waite, who consulted the historian George Bancroft, also discussed at some length the Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments by James Madison, who drafted the First Amendment ; Madison used the metaphor of a " great barrier.

First lady Dolley Madison rescued a painting of George Washington, and in 1939, a Canadian man returned a jewelry box to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, claiming that his grandfather had taken it from Washington.

Madison Square Garden photographer George Kalinsky's image of Gretzky waving to the crowd at the Garden, like his image of Messier after the Rangers won game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals five years earlier, would become an iconic image to the Rangers and their fans, documenting one of the greatest moments at the Garden, and even to hockey fans.

* March 29 – The " Clash of Titans ": George Mikan and Bob Kurland duel at Madison Square Garden.

The Virginia Declaration of Rights, by George Mason and James Madison, was adopted in 1776.

George Clinton was elected vice-president and went on to serve under both Jefferson and his successor, James Madison.

Sitting Vice President George Clinton, who had served under Thomas Jefferson, was also a candidate for President, garnering six electoral votes from a wing of the Democratic-Republican Party that disapproved of James Madison.

" Probably of greater importance to the Virginia debate, in any case, were George Washington's support for the proposed Constitution and the presence of Madison and Edmund Randolph, the governor, at the convention arguing for ratification.

In September 2005, Fonda was scheduled to join British politician and anti-war activist George Galloway at two stops on his U. S. book tour, Madison, Wisconsin and Chicago.

George Lewis " Tex " Rickard, president of Madison Square Garden, was awarded an NHL franchise for the 1926-27 season to compete with the now-defunct New York Americans, who had begun play at the Garden the previous season.

Roger O. Thornhill, a twice-divorced Madison Avenue advertising executive ( Cary Grant ), is mistaken for " George Kaplan " when he summons a hotel bellhop who is paging Kaplan, and is kidnapped by Valerian ( Adam Williams ) and Licht ( Robert Ellenstein ).

Madison sent George Mathews to deal with Florida.

On March 16, 1751, James Madison, the fourth President of the United States, was born in Port Conway in southern King George County at Belle Grove plantation, the childhood home of his mother, Eleanor Rose " Nellie " Conway, the daughter of its owner, Francis Conway, for whom Port Conway was named.

In the next county to the west, Madison County, the settlement of Fredericktown was also named after George Frederick Bollinger.

Also during this time, he began attending the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, where George Buttrick was pastor.

* Presidents Park – Freshmen – Completed in 1989, and housing approximately 1, 100 students in twelve halls ( Adams, Kennedy, Roosevelt, Harrison, Lincoln, Truman, Jackson, Madison, Wilson, Jefferson, Monroe, Washington ).

This " excessive democracy ," Madison grew to believe, was the cause of a larger social decay which he and others ( such as Washington ) believed had resumed after the revolution and was nearing a tipping point.

Madison and other leaders, such as Washington and Benjamin Franklin, were very concerned about this.

The historian Gordon S. Wood has noted that many leaders such as Madison and Washington, feared more that the revolution had not fixed the social problems that had triggered it, and the excesses ascribed to the King were being seen in the state legislatures.

" On May 5, 1792, Madison told Washington, " with respect to the spirit of party that was taking place ... I was sensible of its existence ".

Dolley Madison put her social gifts to use when the couple lived in Washington, beginning when he was Secretary of State.

Madison sought to continue Jefferson's agenda, in particular the dismantling of the system left behind by the federalists under Washington and Adams.

The word " Moonie " was first used by the American news media in the 1970s when Sun Myung Moon moved to the United States and came into public notice through a series of public speeches he gave, including at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1974 and Yankee Stadium and the grounds of the Washington Monument in 1976.

On September 3, 1814, following the Burning of Washington and the Raid on Alexandria, Francis Scott Key and John Stuart Skinner set sail from Baltimore aboard the ship HMS Minden, flying a flag of truce on a mission approved by President James Madison.

According to the US Library of Congress exhibit " Religion and the Founding of the American Republic " " It is no exaggeration to say that on Sundays in Washington during the administrations of Thomas Jefferson ( 1801-1809 ) and of James Madison ( 1809-1817 ) the state became a church.

Washington frequently decried the growing sense of " party " emerging from the internal battles among Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Adams and others in his administration.

In the 1970s Moon gave a series of public speeches in the United States, including one in Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1974 and two in 1976: in Yankee Stadium in New York City, and on the grounds of the Washington Monument in Washington, D. C., where Moon spoke on " God's Hope for America " to 300, 000 people.

Around 1894 Rogers heard Washington speak at Madison Square Garden.

* Madison Powers and Ruth Faden ,“ Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: An Ethical Analysis of When and How They Matter ,” in Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, 2002: 722 – 38

The Washington speech was widely circulated and read throughout New Hampshire, and it led to Webster's 1812 selection to the Rockingham Convention, an assembly that sought to declare formally the state's grievances with President James Madison and the federal government.

Famous historic slave rebellions have been led by the Roman slave Spartacus ; the thrall Tunni who rebelled against the Swedish monarch Ongentheow, a rebellion that needed Danish assistance to be quelled ; the poet-prophet Ali bin Muhammad, who led imported east African slaves in Iraq during the Zanj Rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate in the ninth century ; Granny Nanny of the Maroons who rebelled against the British in Jamaica ; the Haitian Revolution, the only slave revolt which led to the founding of a country ; Denmark Vesey in South Carolina, USA ; and Madison Washington during the Creole case in 19th century America.

* Madison Park, Seattle, Washington

While a Senator, Kennedy had unsuccessfully pushed a bill to preserve the Belasco Theater, as well as the Dolley Madison and the Benjamin Taylor houses, all scheduled for razing.

Benjamin Franklin, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson followed Machiavelli's republicanism when they opposed what they saw as the emerging aristocracy that they feared Alexander Hamilton was creating with the Federalist Party.

The " Founding Fathers " were strong advocates of republican values, especially Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton.

Trident were also retrofitted onto 12 SSBNs of the James Madison and Benjamin Franklin classes, replacing Poseidon missiles.

Dolley Madison worked with the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe to furnish the White House, the first official residence built for the president of the United States.

John Adams owned none ; George Washington freed his slaves in his will ( his wife independently held numerous dower slaves ); Thomas Jefferson freed five slaves in his will, and the remaining 130 were sold to settle his estate debts ; James Madison did not free his slaves but some were sold to pay off estate debts, and his wife and son retained most to work Montpelier plantation ; Benjamin Franklin freed his slaves ; Alexander Hamilton likely owned slaves and freed them, as he was an officer of the New York Manumission Society ; the society was founded by John Jay, who freed his domestic slaves in 1798, the same year as governor he signed a gradual abolition law in New York.

Historians, including Donald Grinde of the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, have claimed that the democratic ideals of the Gayanashagowa provided a significant inspiration to Benjamin Franklin, James Madison and other framers of the United States Constitution.

Early members included George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James McHenry, Thomas Paine, David Rittenhouse, Nicholas Biddle, Owen Biddle, Benjamin Rush, James Madison, Michael Hillegas, John Marshall, and John Andrews.

After proposed compromises of by Benjamin Harrison of Virginia and by several New Englanders failed to gain sufficient support, Congress finally settled on the ratio proposed by James Madison.

Though their views were complex, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison were adherents, in some respects, of Unitarianism.

Historian Richard B. Morris in 1973 identified the following seven figures as the key Founding Fathers: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.

The success of the " City Beautiful " philosophy in Washington, D. C., is credited with influencing subsequent plans for beautification of many other cities, including Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Des Moines, Denver, Madison ( with the axis from the capitol building through State Street and to the University of Wisconsin campus ), Montreal, New York City ( notably the Manhattan Municipal Building ), Philadelphia ( the Benjamin Franklin Parkway museum district between Philadelphia City Hall and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pittsburgh ( the Schenley Farms district in the Oakland neighborhood of parks, museums, and universities ), San Antonio, Texas ( San Antonio River development ), San Francisco ( manifested by its Civic Center ), and the Washington State Capitol Campus in Olympia and the University of Washington's Rainier Vista in Seattle.

12 James Madison and Benjamin Franklin class submarines were also retrofitted with Trident I missiles, which replaced older Poseidon missiles.

Benjamin Williams Crowninshield ( December 27, 1772 – February 3, 1851 ) served as the United States Secretary of the Navy between 1815 and 1818, during the administrations of Presidents James Madison and James Monroe.

His many patients included John Adams's daughter, Dolley Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall ( from whom he removed almost 1, 000 bladder stones, effecting a complete cure ), and Dr. Benjamin Rush.

Enlightened Founding Fathers, especially Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and George Washington, fought for and eventually attained religious freedom for minority denominations.

Madison Starke Perry was born in Lancaster County, South Carolina, the youngest child of Benjamin Perry and his wife Mary Starke.

Benjamin Williams Crowninshield was United States Secretary of the Navy under both James Madison and James Monroe, while his great-great-grandson Charles Francis Adams III, also a noted yachtsman, was secretary under Herbert Hoover.

The Church has been restored to the colonial era, and name plates on its box pews commemorate famous worshippers from the time, including George Washington, James Madison, John Tyler, Benjamin Harrison, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Jefferson.

featuring Hogan ( as " Mr. America "), Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar vs Big Show, Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin in Madison Square Garden had the crowd performing the chant in support of Hogan's team despite the fact all six wrestlers were Americans and none had an anti-American gimmick.

The " Founding Fathers " were strong advocates of republican values, especially Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton.

The system was implemented by Benjamin W. Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy during the administrations of Presidents James Madison and James Monroe.

It is thus both a work of art and an important artifact from American history, having been used by such prominent founding fathers as Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and James Madison.