Chef Alice Waters was the recipient of the 2017 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership. Watch the video of the celebration featuring her remarks,
The Mountaintop Project is made possible by a transformational contribution from David M. Rubenstein. Leading support was provided by Fritz and Claudine Kundrun, along with generous gifts and grants from the Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr. Foundation, the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation, Mr. and Mrs...
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...
When do you get ready for spring? At Monticello, our flower gardeners are at it October through December every year, planting 8,000 bulbs to ensure a beautiful bloom season. Tulips at Monticello Tulips were the most frequently mentioned plants in Jefferson's records. Monticello's Curator of Plants...
Dr. Larry J. Sabato gave the keynote address for Monticello's 54th Annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony on July 4, 2016. In this exclusive "Monticello sits down with.." interview series, Sabato shares his thoughts on immigration, citizenship, Thomas Jefferson, historical...
Featuring the remarks of Dr. Larry Sabato On July 4, 2016, Dr. Larry J. Sabato , founder and director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, welcomed 75 new citizens from 41 countries at the 54th Annual Independence Day and Naturalization Ceremony. Transcript of Dr. Sabato's Talk Good...
"If you are having a crisis of patriotism before the event, it will be cured by the event," says Dr. Larry J. Sabato, the keynote speaker of Monticello's 54th Annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony and the Director of the UVA Center for Politics.
On April 13, 2015, Rep. John Lewis, congressman and civil rights activist, gave the keynote address at Monticello's 272nd commemoration of Jefferson's birth. After the ceremony, Lewis discussed his visit and what it meant to be awarded the 2015 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen...
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed and leading Jefferson scholar Peter Onuf discuss their new book, “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs”: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of Imagination during the national launch of their book at Monticello. From April 19, 2016.
