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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.

Monday, September 15, 2008 - 05:00

Desalination of Sea Water

Author:

Bryan

Picking up a recent Economist magazine, an article discusses how desalination of the oceans for usable water is becoming less expensive these days. San Diego has built a large plant, as have a few Australian cities. What does this have to do with Jefferson? It is science related, thus...MORE »

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Friday, September 12, 2008 - 12:20

Jefferson impersonator Clay Jenkinson

Author:

Jack Robertson

An interesting article about Clay Jenkinson's 2006 appearance on the Colbert Report, along with two other prominent Thomas Jefferson interpreters, is online here...along with Clay's apology to TJ for appearing on the show, and TJ's...MORE »

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Friday, September 12, 2008 - 11:55

Events, events, and more events

Author:

Eric Johnson

Thought our loyal readers might be interested in some other Jefferson-related events coming up soon: September 13, 2008 Accuracy and Elegance: How Fry and Jefferson Made a Better map of Virginia Library of Virginia, Richmond, VAMORE »

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Friday, September 12, 2008 - 11:49

Jefferson presentation at Library of Virginia

Author:

Jack Robertson

The next program in the Virginia Heritage Resource Center's Mining the Treasure House lecture series will be held at noon on Tuesday, 16 September 2008 in the conference rooms adjacent to the lobby of the Library of Virginia at 800 East Broad Street in downtown Richmond. The speakers will be J...MORE »

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 12:17

Virginia Dissenters

Author:

Anna Berkes

Congratulations to John Ragosta, one of our former ICJS fellows, who has an article in the new Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, "Fighting for Freedom:...MORE »

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A Summary View, Research

Friday, August 29, 2008 - 14:01

Was it love?

Author:

Anna Berkes

Annette Gordon-Reed discusses a tricky question in the latest American Heritage magazine (vol. 58 no. 5, Fall 2008): "Did Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson Love Each Other? ...MORE »

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Thomas Jefferson, A Summary View, Research, Plantation and Slavery

Friday, July 4, 2008 - 16:59

2008 Independence Day Celebration at Monticello featuring President George W. Bush

Author:

Monticello

This outdoor naturalization ceremony for new citizens on Monticello’s West Lawn is one...MORE »

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July 4th at Monticello, Videos

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 14:55

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism

Author:

Anna Berkes

A question from a patron prompted me to take another look at the quotation, "dissent is the highest form of patriotism." This is probably one of the most frequent quotation questions for us, but I haven't taken a fresh look at it for several years. Google Books has revolutionized the way I...MORE »

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Thomas Jefferson, A Summary View, Research

Saturday, January 19, 2008 - 00:00

No shutdown for Monticello!

Author:

Monticello

Monticello will remain open and operate as usual in the event of a federal shutdown this January 2018.

Monticello is operated by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc., a private, nonprofit organization that receives no ongoing federal, state, or...MORE »

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Visiting Monticello

Friday, May 25, 2007 - 16:42