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Find out what the Thomas Jefferson Foundation as well as Monticello staff members and guest bloggers have to say about Jefferson and Monticello.
In 1804 when Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr took to the "field of honor" to settle their...
Imagine a world where life moved at four miles an hour, and the most one could readily travel in...MORE »
October is Virginia Archaeology Month. It offers an opportunity to learn about and celebrate archaeology in the state --...MORE »
Thomas Jefferson once wrote, “Whoever intends to live in a country must wish that country well, and has a natural right...MORE »
In spite of having little of their own time, enslaved African-American families at...MORE »
Visitors to Monticello recorded memories of late afternoon dinners at Monticello “served in half Virginian, half...MORE »
Thomas Jefferson found an enemy in Alexander Hamilton, a frenemy in John Adams and his BFF in James Madison....MORE »
In 1805, a remarkable shipment was dispatched from a sizable Indian village near what is now Bismarck, North Dakota. A large hand-hewn boat...MORE »
Visitors to Monticello and the University of Virginia (UVA) can easily see...MORE »
Jefferson was most likely not the first to introduce macaroni and cheese to America, nor did he...MORE »