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Russian-American relations, particularly between 1800-1815, to be the focus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Monday, October 10, 2011 Media Contact: Lisa Stites, 434-984-7529
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.—Prominent American and Russian historians will gather in Moscow from October 13 to 14, 2011 for a two-day symposium entitled, “Idealism, Statecraft and Foreign Policy in Jeffersonian America and Russia of Alexander I,” at the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Russian Association for the USA History Studies have teamed up for the first time to present this symposium that will feature former U. S. Senator, Professor Gary Hart, and Pulitzer prize-winning...
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Two new exhibitions to explore the ‘Paradox of Liberty’ at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - August 30, 2011
Washington, D.C. -- Monticello and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) today announced their collaboration on a new exhibition entitled “Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty,” set to open in the NMAAHC Gallery in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on January 27, 2012.
“Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty” is presented by the National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello.
Together, the institutions hope to inform discussion and encourage...
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Monticello/PVCC Vineyard partner for educational vineyard
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Wednesday, July 18, 2011 Media Contact: Lisa Stites, 434-984-7529
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.— Thomas Jefferson’s “high mountain” overlooking Monticello will become a hands-on classroom for Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) students studying viticulture and enology.
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation (TJF) has partnered with PVCC to plant a training vineyard on Montalto as part of the college’s already extensive and popular curriculum devoted to the study of winemaking.
Beginning Aug. 30, PVCC students will plant three separate blocks of pinot noir grapes on the site, which is situated on the slope of the Montalto summit overlooking the orchards at Monticello. The vineyard is a fitting tribute to...
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Visitors can experience the sights and sounds of Mulberry Row, Monticello’s plantation hub
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Friday, June 3, 2011 Media Contact: Lisa Stites, 434-984-7529
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.—Beginning June 4th and 5th, Monticello’s visitors can discover the sights and sounds of Mulberry Row, Monticello’s main plantation road, during Mulberry Row: Monticello’s Main Street weekends. Mulberry Row was the hub of the plantation’s domestic and light manufacturing activities performed largely by Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved African American workers.
“In Thomas Jefferson’s time, Mulberry Row was not as it appears today,” says Linnea Grim, Monticello’s Hunter J. Smith Director of Education and Visitor Programs. “Then, it was a bustling hub of work and cultural activities. ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Thursday, May 5, 2011 Media Contact: Lisa Stites 434-984-7529
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.—Muhtar Kent, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of The Coca-Cola Company, will be the featured speaker at Monticello’s 49th annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony.
The event at the home of Thomas Jefferson begins at 9 a.m. and is open to the public free of charge.
Kent is a dual citizen of the United States and Turkey and someone whose life has been influenced by his travels around the world and shaped by opportunities he has had in the U.S.
“I consider myself an ‘unabashed optimist’ and learned this trait from America itself,” said Kent. “Coca-Cola has grown up right beside America. We have reinvented and renewed ourselves...
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