Tickets available for Holiday Evening Tours on nine dates in December
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November 20, 2009
Visitors once again will have the opportunity to experience Monticello after dark and get an intimate look at how the winter holiday season was observed during Thomas Jefferson’s era through Holiday Evening Tours, which are being offered in December.
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Wreath Workshop tickets now on sale
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November 9, 2009
Tickets are now on sale for Monticello’s Wreath Workshops, which will begin Thursday, Dec. 3. In these three-hour workshops, which are being offered for the 23rd year, participants will be led through the process of making distinctive wreaths for the holiday season.
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Winter operating hours in effect through Dec. 31
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October 21, 2009
Through Dec. 31, Monticello's operating hours will be 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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1776 copy of Declaration of Independence on display today at Monticello
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October 14, 2009
The only touring copy of the Declaration of Independence that dates to July 4, 1776, will be on view at the home of the document’s author on Wednesday, Oct. 21. The printed copy of the Declaration – a “broadside” sheet printed in Philadelphia only hours after Thomas Jefferson’s final draft was adopted by the Second Continental Congress – will be displayed at Monticello’s Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The viewing in the visitor center’s Theater will be open to the public free of charge.
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Monticello's annual Archaeology Open House being held this Friday and Saturday (Oct. 23-24)
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October 8, 2009
Behind-the-scenes looks at Monticello’s archaeology program will be offered to visitors during the annual Archaeology Open House on Friday, Oct. 23, and Saturday, Oct. 24.
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Roger Wilkins to speak at Monticello on Thursday, Oct. 8
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October 2, 2009
Civil rights leader, historian, attorney, and journalist Roger Wilkins will address racial issues in the United States at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, at Monticello’s Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center.
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Evening tours focusing on Jefferson and wine being held through Oct. 7
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September 9, 2009
A limited number of tickets remain on sale for Jefferson and Wine Tours, small-group evening tours at Monticello focusing on Thomas Jefferson’s longstanding interest in wine to be held at 5:45 p.m. on four Wednesdays (Sept. 16, Sept. 23, Sept. 30, and Oct. 7) and two Fridays (Sept. 18 and Oct. 2).
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Third annual Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello to be held this Saturday
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September 4, 2009
The Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello – a celebration of local food, heritage plants, sustainable gardening, and the horticultural legacy of Thomas Jefferson – will take place Saturday, Sept. 12. Organized by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation and the Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, the family-friendly festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Montalto, the mountain adjacent to Monticello that rises 400 feet above Jefferson’s historic home.
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This Saturday and Sunday: Plantation Community Weekend
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September 2, 2009
Mulberry Row, the “main street” of Thomas Jefferson’s plantation, will come to life on Saturday, Sept. 12, and Sunday, Sept. 13, when Monticello holds a Plantation Community Weekend. From 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days, artisans and other historical interpreters will demonstrate trades and skills practiced by enslaved and free workers at Monticello during the late 1700s and early 1800s.
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Aug. 8 concert to benefit Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello
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July 30, 2009
Virginia singer-songwriters Devon Sproule and Adrienne Young will be the featured performers Saturday, Aug. 8, at a benefit concert for the Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Monticello’s Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center. It will be preceded by a local-food tasting and seed-saving demonstrations beginning at 6:30.
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66 people from 35 countries to become U.S. citizens at Monticello on July 4
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June 29, 2009
Sixty-six people from 35 different countries are to be sworn in as U.S. citizens at the home of Thomas Jefferson this Saturday, July 4. The 47th annual Monticello Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony also will feature remarks by U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello (D-5th District) and patriotic music by the Charlottesville Municipal Band. The 10 a.m. event on Monticello’s West Lawn is open to the public free of charge.
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Monticello introduces two series of evening events
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June 18, 2009
Two series of events debuting in July – “Evenings in the Courtyard” and “Monticello After Hours” – will offer visitors opportunities to enjoy Thursday and Saturday evenings inside the gates of Monticello.
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Rep. Tom Perriello to be featured speaker at Monticello's July 4 ceremony
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June 16, 2009
U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello will be the featured speaker Saturday, July 4, at Monticello’s 47th annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony. The event at the home of Thomas Jefferson begins at 10 a.m. and is open to the public free of charge.
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Monticello evening event to feature 'Billionaire's Vinegar' author Benjamin Wallace
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June 11, 2009
Author Benjamin Wallace will talk about the complex story behind his nonfiction best-seller The Billionaire’s Vinegar: The Mystery of the World’s Most Expensive Bottle of Wine at a special evening event on Monticello’s West Lawn on Thursday, June 25.
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Family Friendly Tours are under way; hands-on activity center is open
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June 9, 2009
Tours of Monticello with a child-friendly focus are being conducted daily, offering youngsters 6 to 11 the opportunity to handle replicas of objects from Thomas Jefferson’s era while they visit the rooms on the main floor of his historic house. Young visitors also can play 18th-century games and take part in other kid-friendly pursuits at the Mountaintop Hands-on Activity Center on the grounds.
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Plantation Community Weekend to be held June 6-7
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May 28, 2009
The sights and sounds of a working plantation will return to the grounds of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello on Saturday, June 6, and Sunday, June 7, the first of two Plantation Community Weekends to be held this year.
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Monticello offering 'Good Neighbor' adult admission rates in June
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May 26, 2009
Monticello is offering reduced admission rates to adult residents of 12 localities in Central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley during the month of June.
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Center for Historic Plants to hold annual Open House this Saturday
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May 18, 2009
Roses, irises, and other flower collections in full bloom will be on display at Monticello’s Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants during its 17th annual Open House from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday (May 23).
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Evening Signature Tours being conducted through September
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April 28, 2009
Reserved tickets are now on sale for Monticello’s Signature Tours, which offer after-hours, in-depth views of Thomas Jefferson’s mountaintop home.
Signature Tours will be conducted at 6:30 p.m. on selected Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from May through September.
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Grand Opening of Monticello's new visitor center set for Wednesday, April 15
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April 7, 2009
Monticello will mark the Grand Opening of the Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center on Wednesday, April 15, with a full day of activities. The centerpiece of the day will be an 11 a.m. event on Monticello’s West Lawn celebrating Thomas Jefferson’s lasting legacies that will feature remarks by award-winning authors and historians Annette Gordon-Reed and Michael Beschloss. The West Lawn event will be preceded at 9 a.m. by a family-friendly activity fair on the mountaintop and followed at 12:30 p.m. by the public opening of the new center. All of these events will be free and open to the public.
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Monticello to observe 266th anniversary of Jefferson's birth on Monday, April 13
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April 2, 2009
Monticello will mark the 266th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson on Monday, April 13, with a West Lawn ceremony featuring fife and drum music, a reading of Jefferson’s words, a wreath-presentation ceremony, and a 21-gun salute. The event, to begin at 1 p.m., is free and open to the public.
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Monticello to hold inaugural Montalto Challenge race on Saturday, May 2
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March 31, 2009
The first Montalto Challenge, a demanding 5K race to the summit of Thomas Jefferson’s "high mountain,” will be held at 8 a.m., Saturday, May 2.
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'Saturdays in the Garden' schedule available in print and online
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March 19, 2009
The complete schedule for “Saturdays in the Garden,” Monticello’s annual series of gardening lectures, horticultural workshops, and natural history walks, is now available in print and online.
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Jefferson Library to be site of Virginia Festival of the Book talk on Thursday, March 19
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March 6, 2009
Charles Irons will discuss his 2008 book, The Origins of Proslavery Christianity: White and Black Evangelicals in Colonial and Antebellum Virginia, at 4 p.m., Thursday, March 19, during a Virginia Festival of the Book event at Monticello’s Jefferson Library.
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Commemoration of Jefferson's 1809 return to Monticello will be held Sunday, March 15
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March 3, 2009
The 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s return to Monticello following his second term as president in 1809 will be commemorated at 1 p.m., Sunday, March 15, on Monticello’s West Lawn. The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature a portrayal of Jefferson by noted character interpreter Bill Barker and music by the Williamsburg Field Musick fife and drum corps.
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