Monticello's marks Founder's Day at Monticello and the 281st anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birth with a ceremony and celebration. The ceremony features the remarks of Juliana L. Richardson, the 2024 recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership, and Dr. Andrea Douglas, recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Citizenship Award.

Richardson is the founder and president of The HistoryMakers, a national non-profit educational institution that has curated, presented, and preserved on video the histories of thousands of African Americans.

Douglas is the founding executive director of Jefferson School African American Heritage Center in Charlottesville, VA.