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March 22, 2013
J. Jefferson Looney seeks to decipher Thomas Jefferson’s writings
Washington Post feature article on the Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, which is based at Monticello, highlighting the project's editor, Jeff Looney, who "brings patience, a mathematician’s precision and a glint of mischief to his work."

April 2013 Issue
Monticello's Cobalt Blue Ruffled Pitcher featured in House Beautiful
See Monticello’s Cobalt Blue Ruffled Pitcher in the April House Beautiful feature The Best,” showcasing American-made products that speak to traditional style with a modern beauty.

March 11, 2013
New York Times Travel: Pennsylvania and Virginia, Where the Nation Was Shaped
Monticello is "the pièce de résistance of presidential houses" of a tour of America's history from Gettysburg, PA, to Charlottesville, VA.

February 8, 2013
Freedom and Slavery: Monticello's Tangled Legacy
Altanta NPR station WABE's two-part feature on the traveling exhibition Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello, featuring interviews with Elizabeth Chew, a former curator at Monticello in Virginia, and Rex Ellis, Associate Director with the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.

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