This is an I-Heart podcast.

And we return to our American stories.

And one of our favorite things to tell stories about is American history.

As always brought to us by the great folks at Hillsdale College,

where you can go to learn all the things that are beautiful in life

and all the things that matter in life.

And if you can't get to Hillsdale, Hillsdale will come to you if they're free

and terrific online courses.

Go to Hillsdale.edu.

That's hillsdale.edu. In 1751, our fourth

president of the United States, James Madison, was born in Port Conway, Virginia. Besides

being president, Madison was one of the three writers of the Federalist papers and a strong

supporter of the Constitutional Convention.

Here to tell the story is Hillsdale College's president, Dr. Larry Arn.

The first thing to know about James Madison is he was a little short guy.

You know, he's probably five foot four.

You know, Washington was a foot taller than he was.

We have a great painting done by the longtime chairman of our art department, Sam Kinnock,

of the signing of the Constitution.

It's six feet tall and eight feet wide.

It's very beautiful.

And it's got Madison and Washington standing side by side.

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