"Our worst nightmare"

Montpelier's leaders recall April 8 fire and make plans for new archaeology center

It’s been more than two months since a fire ravaged the archaeology office and adjacent lab at James Madison’s Montpelier. Director of Archaeology and Landscape Restoration Matthew Reeves grows somber when he recalls that terrible day.

In the midst of giving a talk for the Orange County African American Historical Society at the Orange train station, at…