Touring The People's House

In the early days it was called Washington City and it could be muggy as all hell.  It’s now called Washington DC and it’s still muggy as hell.  James Madison, the fourth President used to avoid Washington City in the sticky summer.  He was prone to illness, especially what he used to call the “bilious fever,” whatever in the hell that is, and so he did what he could to take care of the nation’s business from his home in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains in his native Virginia.