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1 day ago · Monticello, the iconic Virginia plantation designed and inhabited by Thomas Jefferson, stands as a microcosm of early American history in all its ambition, ingenuity, and moral contradictions. As the third U.S. president and author of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson helped define America‘s founding ideals.
2 days ago · Monticello, Jefferson's home near Charlottesville, Virginia In 1768, Jefferson began constructing his primary residence, Monticello, whose name in Italian means "Little Mountain", on a hilltop overlooking his 5,000-acre (20 km 2 ; 7.8 sq mi) plantation.
4 days ago · America’s third president Thomas Jefferson worked on his Virginia plantation home, Monticello, for 40 years, but this modernized replica in Somers, Connecticut took just 14 months to build. The...
2 days ago · Monticello’s website includes a page commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, asking readers to join a “special gathering of Monticello’s greatest friends and supporters.”. It includes an itinerary for Nov. 2 and Nov. 3. On Nov. 2, Cogliano is listed as a featured guest speaker for a conversation on ...
1 day ago · A Distant View of the Falls of Niagara by American artist, John Vanderlyn, 1804. Niagara Falls, New York — Thomas Jefferson said it is worth a trip across the Atlantic to see Niagara Falls. Although he never got there. Jefferson displayed two prints of Niagara Falls in his dining room at Monticello, both by the American-born artist John ...
13 hours ago · Thomas Jefferson, a spokesman for democracy, was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States, serving from 1801 to 1809. Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, in Shadwell, Virginia. He was a man of many talents, including being a lawyer, architect ...
2 days ago · After Jefferson’s death, his grandson sold the estate to a druggist who in turn sold it to, Uriah P. Levy, who was an admirer of Jefferson’s. After multiple Levy generations watched over and took care of the property, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation purchased it back in 1923 and converted Monticello into a museum and educational center.
