David Rubenstein gives $10 million to Montpelier, home of James Madison

David Rubenstein gives $10 million to Montpelier, home of James Madison

If I ever meet David Rubenstein, I'd like to shake his hand. He picked up half the tab for the restoration of DC's Washington Monument following the earthquake, and that's his copy of Magna Carta on loan to the National Archives.

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By Michael E. Ruane November 1 

Local philanthropist David M. Rubenstein announced Saturday that he is giving $10 million to Montpelier, the historic Orange, Va., home of the nation’s fourth president, James Madison.

The donation comes on the heels of Rubenstein’s gifts of $5 million to the White House Visitor Center in September and $12.3 million to Arlington House, the home of Robert E. Lee, in July.

He also paid $7.5 million of the $15 million cost of the repairs to the Washington Monument after the 2011 earthquake.

The Montpelier gift, announced at the site, will fund reconstruction, refurnishing and archaeology at the plantation that Madison’s family occupied with its slaves for several generations.

David M. Rubenstein, pictured in this file photo, announced Saturday that he is giving $10 million to Montpelier, the historic Orange, Va., home of the nation’s fourth president, James Madison, who also helped write the U.S. Constitution. (Jeffrey MacMillan/Jeffrey MacMillan)