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David McCullough received the U.S. Capitol Historical Society Freedom Award and delivered remarks. Congressional leaders paid tribute to Mr. McCullough’s achievements, including two Pulitzer…

This event, held at Thomas Jefferson’s home, ‘Monticello’ in Charlottesville ,VA. featured John Logan Allen, Geography Professor, Univ. of Connecticut Mr.Allen talked about the role…

The director of the United States Mint introduced the Thomas Jefferson one dollar coin, third in the presidential coin series. He also announced the results of a survey commissioned by the m…

The C-SPAN School Bus visited the 32nd annual Independence Day celebration at the home of Thomas Jefferson in Monticello, Virginia. David McCullough gave the keynote speech at the ceremony a…

On January 18, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sent a letter to Congress asking it to fund the exploration of the western part of the continent. Thus began a three-year journey which took t…

Mr. Beschloss talked about the status of presidential archival research, and the importance of maintaining presidential libraries as repositories for presidential papers and tapes. He also t…

The first lady hosted an event commemorating the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The group was called the Corps of Discovery and it traveled through the Northwest Territories…

In the third in a series on American presidents, Thomas Jefferson’s life and career are discussed. Mr. Burstein and Mr. Jordan talked about Monticello and Jefferson’s love of nature, his ca…

Foundation representatives talked with reporters about recently released findings of a DNA study concerning the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and one of his slaves, Sally Hemings. Th…

The speakers described Thomas Jefferson’s perspective on the freedom of the press. Thomas Jefferson started a newspaper of his own because he did not like certain other newspapers.

In the first of a three-part series, Monticello, the home of President Thomas Jefferson was profiled. In the first segment, Dan Jordan talked about the history of Monticello and Susan Stein …

Professor Herbert Sloan spoke to members of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation about how Thomas Jefferson lost most of his personal assets after he served as president. Professor Sloan…

On the lawn of Monticello, Andrew Burstein spoke about his new book, The Inner Jefferson: Portrait of a Grieving Optimist, which examines President Thomas Jefferson’s private correspondence.…

Cameras followed Mr. Jordan as he gave a tour of Monticello, the home of former President Thomas Jefferson, to the Clintons and the Gores. The tour happened on the first morning of the four …

Two historians discussed the presidency of Thomas Jefferson in one of a series of news conferences on previous presidential inaugurals. The historians used slides to illustrate their talk on…