you boys go on from here. another waitress was saying, we don't serve colored people here. here to sit down and take that first step in that demonstration. >> later, here about a deadly clash in 1979 between members of the clue clucks clan and communist party workers that killed five people -- klu klux klan and communist party workers that killed five people. peoplehave a group of standing on the sidewalls. themave cars very close to so they could reach out with their picket signs and hit the sides of the cars. you have men running back and forth. it is hard to tell who represents the klan and who represents the cwp. >> first, get an up-close look at a 200-year-old dress worn by former first lady dolley madison. surroundingysteries

the dress that dates back to the british and the burning of washington. susan: the trunk was a large .arriage trunk inside it was roller printed cotton fabric and tools. inside this trunk work downs, a , silkmarket turban slippers, odd pieces of fabric and muslin, and the kinds of treasures that may be any of us , mementos of our past. they all belonged to dolley madison.

we are at the greensboro historical museum. we are going to talk about our dolley madison collection. ourey was the wife of fourth president, james madison, and probably one of our most popular first ladies. 1768 to arn may 20, quaker family, and lived and american life which took her eventually to become one of the most popular figures in early american history. brothers and sisters and after a stay at a farm in tilford county, they , eventuallyginia moving to philadelphia when dolley was about 15. it was there that she married her first husband, a young attorney, and had a two sons and experienced the tragedy of losses during the yellow fever sonemic when she lost her

and husband and her in-laws. she moved then later to the washington city, where at the age of 25, aaron garner introduced her to james madison and she was married. we know that dolley had an outgoing personality, and kind of made up for the shyness of her husband during his presidency. in this new capital city she held receptions, often called citizens.for all the she felt that the dignitaries and citizens alike were as important. she had the intuition to make people comfortable, and it was often said that at a dinner you would not know who was friend or foe. after james died, dolley began to return on and off to washington. montpelier was not doing well.

it was evident that she was becoming destitute. she was able to sell madison's papers and a trust fund was set up for her by members of congress so they could protect it for her as she began to age. when she moved back to the city as a widow and alone, she had a moved in witho her and stayed with her towards death. when mrs. madison died, she left what cash she had to both this son, but shed her left all her belongings to her son. he began to squander those things and at his death in 1852, there was an auction. anna and her husband took us some of the money she had inherited and purchased as much of the madison items as they could. if you fast-forward further,

some of these treasures and items they passed to their daughter, mary. mary decided that she also would have an auction. it is this auction catalog we are able to document the items that we have and what we call part of our collection. did not sell or maybe were mementos that were kept eventually ended up with in a homeand his wife in pennsylvania. when john passed away, his wife became more and more of a often saying she had treasures of national significance in her home to neighbors and folks. eventually she passed away and when her body was discovered, the house was a trash heap full of wood, no power, uncashed checks, and barrels of trash.

after months and months of cleaning the house, charles halpern, who had been giving that task, was making one walk-through and in the attic he looked over and he saw an itelope with a green seal on and walked over. he noticed the date was an 1832 documents. he removed a single nail from a panel in an upstairs attic room and discovered a trunk and books and portraits stuffed up under the eaves, and this was the treasurer of dolley madison's things. greensboro andn guilford county formed the , andy madison association their task was to acquire this collection. birthday, may 20, 1963, they donated the collection to the historical museum. since they came in in 1963, we

have had this story available to the public. i am displaying different items from time to time. trying to include her life story from her birth in guilford county to her death in 1849. some of the items we currently are thedisplay medallion that was given to mrs. mattox. john quincy adams notes in his that of these awards or medallions, several were struck, only one in silver, which was given to mrs. madison. and ivory calling card case that had the card enclosed with dolley's signature as well as that of her niece, anna. small, cut glass perfume bottles, and a pair of silk slippers that had tiny ribbons that tie across the arch of her

foot. the portrait is a john vander ling after the gilbert stuart portrait of dolley, and the two dresses are the reproductions of a peach silk gown that she wore early in life, and a red velvet which is intriguing in that it lasted and was part of this collection. there is a legend which accompanies the stress. we are currently in one of our museum's secured storage areas where we have housed some of the madison collection we want to share with you, some of the highlights from this trunk of treasures. this is one of our most special, intriguing legends as well. it is a red velvet gown. it is protected under some special tissues and laid on a

tray that was specific redesigned along with some support elements so you can see. the gown is quite fragile and was worn often. date of the dress is and wey 1815 to 1820, can tell -- it's in the empire style because of a higher waste -- waist, and puffed shoulders and neckline. it has a straight column, and the back, a lot of detail with gathering in a six-button c losure. what we also know about the dress is that it was altered over time. there was a long train attached at one point, and that train was shortened. also see the fullness of the skirt, but then also these

gores or additions of fabric were added at some point to make the dress not just a tube, but have a little bit more space at the bottom. maybe it was altered for someone to have a little bit more room to move in. what we know are through some letters reminiscent to those people who visited dolley later in her life, in the 1840's, and they commented that she was still wearing the old style, the velvet gowns with puff sleeves and gores, from her youth. but everybody loved her anyway. she continued to wear this style -- empire throughout her life are vestiges of this particular period of her life, like her trademark turbans. the dress now, which is about 200 years old, is in very fragile condition. you can tell from just the wear

and tear under the arms and in some of the seams, light damage over time, and just the inherent textile to become weaker. this velvet dress we discovered in the trunk of the home has a legend that perhaps it was made from the draperies that dolley saved in 1814 from the president's house before it was burnt. let me try to re-create what we know and maybe what we don't know. wore andhat dolley enjoyed fashion, and this is from the cocoa collection enlisted in the catalogs. we know that when dolley and james were redecorating the president's house, through correspondence with the designer, there were discussions about the draperies and the

decision was made to use a red velvet trait for one of the rooms. fast-forward to 1814, dolley is planning to leave the president's house and is packing up things. she mentions in a correspondence that she packs some china and silver and the red velvet curtains and puts them in a wagon and sends them on their way to the bank of maryland for safekeeping. we know the portrait she saved which shewashington, is really known for as well, went with someone to new york. mentions thathe these draperies left the president's house, which was burned by the british within hours of her leaving. if we fast-forward a few more years, we know that there was

someone doing research on the madisons and their furnishings and when they looked at the dress, they made a comment, this is straight bury -- drapery velvet. we had been doing tests, comparing fabric samples, and looking at many aspects of the dress. what we would like to know to find out what happened to those drapes the night they left the president's house. things we hope we will find and so we are still exploring the story. some other treasures and definitely a trademark of dolley's work, her turbans. she had quite a fashion influence on the new capital city. the turban was a popular head he's in the late 18th and early

19th century. cocoas one from the collection and is made from a charmin silk and french tulle banned around the front. she was known to add plumes and jewels and could be seen across a reception hall, look for the plumes on her turban as she moved about the room. special aboutibly this particular turban in a way that we can authenticate it is through the [indiscernible] made in matthew brady's studio a year before dolley's death. dolley was onwhen her way to the ground raking for the washington memorial, she whoped with her niece,anna, was her companion at the studio, and had this image made.

she's wearing the turban and you see these black curls. she used to wear a head band that would give her these lovely curls that would cascade from her headpiece. she's wearing a paisley shawl. all these are from her younger days as far as fashion is concerned. there is another silk hat part of the collection. there's another image that anna, whoer niece, ,as one of the main characters important in saving so many of these items, and a descendent through her family, through her daughter, then to her grandson. here is the infamous trunk that was found under the eaves in the house in pennsylvania. it is a leather bound carriage

trunk that probably dates to 1845. it was a trunk that would had been used much later for dolley and possibly than by her niece and her husband later. let me open the trunk so you can inside,beautiful it is with a roller print fabric and leather, a tulled compartment in the top, and this is the trunk. there are about 90-some objects, pieces of textile or mementos beside the trunk as well as letters and documentation. a deep well for storing documents, maybe other

unmentionables. this envelope which would have be used -- perhaps tickets, important documents. there are few things that exist of dolley's due to circumstances and which are at the end of her piecesat to have these and the very items is a real treasure, and there aren't very many pieces that exist that can be attributed to her and her family. lady, and was bornth carolina' in guilford county, we feel honored to be able to share and tell the story with the as well as other items from other family descendents.