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-Thomas Jefferson to George Ticknor, 1817
Join us this fall for our ongoing Pursuits of Knowledge series exploring the enduring legacy of curiosity, innovation, and learning inspired by Thomas Jefferson, and the people and paths that created the United States.
Food and beverages, including award-winning Jefferson Vineyards wine, will be available for purchase.
Learn more about each event below or buy tickets here »
SOLD OUT - A prize-winning scholar draws on astonishing new research to demonstrate how Black people used the law to their advantage long before the Civil Rights Movement.
SOLD OUT A fresh, intimate view of a storied friendship between two of America's founders—one that endured for fifty years—and the road trip that forged it.
Julia Gaffield on I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom
Martha Jones on The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir
Molly Beer on For Love and Country in a Time of Revolution
Andrew Burstein on Being Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History
Beverly Gage on This Land is Your Land: A Road Trip through U.S. History
