Dolley Madison Preview
Preview: Season 22 Episode 4 | 30s
Airs Monday, March 28, 2011 at 9 p.m. Check local listings.
Dolley Madison lived through the two wars that established the U.S., was friends with the first 12 Presidents, and watched America evolve from a struggling young republic to the first modern democracy in the world. She was nicknamed "Queen Dolley," and when she died she was given the largest state funeral the capital had ever seen for a woman.
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Dolley Madison Preview
Preview: Season 22 Episode 4 | 30s
Dolley Madison lived through the two wars that established the U.S., was friends with the first 12 Presidents, and watched America evolve from a struggling young republic to the first modern democracy in the world. She was nicknamed "Queen Dolley," and when she died she was given the largest state funeral the capital had ever seen for a woman.
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Clip: S22 Ep4 | 7m 3s | Learn more about the detailed process of creating the costumes for the film. (7m 3s)
Deleted Scene on Congress and Parties
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Deleted Scene on Dolley's Squeezes
Clip: S22 Ep4 | 3m 14s | A scene deleted from the film about Dolley Madison's "squeezes". (3m 14s)
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