Talk:Ash Lawn-Highland

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[edit] Ash Lawn-Highland pictures

Searched for about an hour trying to find a picture of the house in the public domain. I'm starting to believe it may be one of the least photographed presidential homes in history. If someone could provide an image of the house, that'd be fantastic, be it from some other source or driving up and snapping a picture. Worse comes to worse, I'll have a chance in August to do so myself, but I'll hope for one of my fellow Wikipedians to do so before hand. ~ The Rebel At ~ 18:55, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Found a technical drawing of the home from the Park Service...better than nothing, but an actual photograph or painting of the house would be superb. The Ash Lawn-Highland Foundation, as well as the Commonwealth of Virginia tourism site both display a painting of the house. Perhaps its old enough, or perhaps the "fair use" doctrine can be put into effect? ~ The Rebel At ~ 03:54, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Slaves

How many slaves did Monroe own? Funny, there's no mention of that in this page, Monroe's page, or the external sites. Yet he was a Virginian plantation owner and based on Washington, Madison and his neighbor Jefferson's household staff composition, slaves had to be somewheres. Truth is not selective, people are. 122.26.128.126 05:45, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

I made the page. I have no idea how many slaves Monroe had. I suppose I could be faulted for not adding in, "He had slaves," to the page. Just because a source fails to mention something, does not mean it was by intent or design. If you want to research the matter, and add referenced information concerning the role of slaves at Ash Lawn-Highland, please, do so. At the time I made this page, I did not have such information at hand, hence its absence. However, its poor form to run around implying that articles are intentionally white washed. While handing out judgments of people, you may want to glance in the next mirror you pass. ~ (The Rebel At) ~ 03:36, 22 July 2007 (UTC)