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Poplar Forest: Thomas Jefferson's Virginia sanctuary
The Times-Tribune, Corbin, Ky. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 8—"When finished, it will be the best dwelling house in the State, except that of Monticello; perhaps preferable to that, as more proportioned to the faculties of a private citizen." — ...
Fox News Hosts Whine Jefferson's Monticello Makes People Feel Bad About Slavery
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFox News dedicated a segment on Sunday to complaining that Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation...
Thomas Jefferson logged the weather twice daily up until a week before he died
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThis Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring...
Travel: The wine is fine in Charlottesville, as is the rest of the place
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTry as he could, Thomas Jefferson never managed to encourage vitis vinifera, aka grapevines, to grow...
In Paris, Thomas Jefferson Revealed His Real Beliefs About Slavery
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPortrait of Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale circa 1805. Credit - Courtesy of US National...
Love mac and cheese? You should thank James Hemings, the enslaved chef of Thomas Jefferson, for the...
The Today Show via AOL· 2 years agoThomas Jefferson's enslaved chef James Hemings was the mastermind behind many of America’s favorite...
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ Review: When Jefferson Met Washington
The Wall Street Journal· 3 months agoBOOKSHELF That Virginia produced four of the first five presidents of the United States is a...
America’s founding fathers laid the framework for the cultural divisions we see today
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoOPINION: Fox News’ meltdown over Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello reminding visitors that an enslaver...
Rare book by Thomas Jefferson found in donation box at Virginia Beach library
Virginian Pilot via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBob Gilson looks forward to Friday mornings when he and a group of volunteers sort through boxes of donated books at the Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library in Virginia Beach. Occasionally, ...
Off-Broadway play about Thomas Jefferson shows the former president in a different light
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 months agoHe was a larger-than-life antagonist in "Hamilton." And a lover who "plays the violin," and writes...