Derek Baxter is a guest blogger and Monticello enthusiast who attended the British Invasion, 1781 event on June 18, 2016. Learn about his experience and mark your calendars for June 3-4, 2017. The first clue that this was not going to be an ordinary day at Monticello was the two armed Redcoats...
Over the past two weeks, the archaeology field crew, led by Field Research Manager Crystal Ptacek, has made exciting discoveries in the South Pavilion and the adjacent South Wing that connects the Pavilion to the mansion. They have unearthed evidence that will advance our understanding of the...
On February 4, 2017, John W. Franklin, Senior Manager in the Office of External Affairs at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., gave an insider's view of the museum's creation and shared the exciting happenings at the newest museum on the...
The group of nine young men, most of them African-American, radiated star-quality as they strutted through Monticello’s David M. Rubinstein Visitor’s Center and headed toward the site’s African-American graveyard. And no wonder—it turned out that they were New York actors in Charlottesville...
“This is unbelievable,” said 96-year- old Velma Williams as she crossed the threshold into Monticello’s Kenwood Cottage, Franklin D. Roosevelt ‘s World War II de facto retreat. “It’s wonderful,” added her cousin, 90-year old Ruth Johnson. Both remember what they were doing when the war started in...
On Saturday, September 17, Monticello, along with the National Endowment for the Humanities and the University of Virginia, hosted a public race summit for thousands on the West Lawn of Jefferson’s famous home. Memory, Mourning, Mobilization: Legacies of Slavery and Freedom in America featured...
This winter, as part of the exciting multi-year effort to restore Monticello to its appearance in Jefferson’s time, we are recreating a log dwelling that likely once housed members of the enslaved Hemings family. The recreated 12’ x 14’ log quarter is being reconstructed on Mulberry Row, “the main...
