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.
Monticello marked the 273rd anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birth with a celebration and ceremony on the West Lawn featuring a keynote address by Marian Wright Edelman, the 2016 recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership.
Happy Birthday, Garden Book! On March 30, 1766, Jefferson wrote, "Purple hyacinths begin to bloom" at Shadwell, initiating a 50-year journal of his gardening hopes, observations, successes and failures. Monticello's Curator of Plants, Peggy Cornett, and Monticello guide Bill Bergen introduce this...
Terry McAuliffe, Governor of Virginia, was the featured speaker at Monticello’s 53rd Annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony—the oldest continuous naturalization ceremony held outside of a courtroom in the United States. Governor's Speech ( transcript ) Full Ceremony
David M. Rubenstein was the featured speaker at Monticello’s 52nd Annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony—the oldest continuous naturalization ceremony held outside of a courtroom in the United States. In this "Monticello Sits Down With..." interview, Rubenstein shares his...
