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By Mary Ann Kuhn
Rappahannock News Writer
For all that Montpelier stood for, the graciousness of the Old South, the history of a time long gone, the memories and secrets housed there for nearly 300 years — this grand old monumental 18th century mansion with its architectural treasures, its porticoes, and colonnade came to a near death a dozen days ago.
And the community of Rappahannock County, Virginia where this 400 acre Georgian mansion withstood lightning, floods and storms since 1740, is outraged and at the same time mourning over what has been described as a vicious, systematic destruction of this historic plantation house which sits on a knoll on Route 231 with views toward the Blue Ridge Mountains and down the F.T. Valley.
So devastating and brutal was the rampage of this mansion that some witnesses who saw the damage said Montpelier “radiated rage and malice.”
Others who saw the damage said it appeared to be “a hate crime.” And
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