Monticello, “little mountain” in Italian, is Thomas Jefferson’s mountaintop home in Virginia overlooking the town of Charlottesville, home of the […]
July 14th, the people of France celebrate the storming of the Bastille, the notorious prison in Paris and symbol of […]
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams had a relationship that lasted over 50 years and both men were integral to the […]
Thomas Jefferson was a firm believer in the people as the core principle behind the American Republic. In a world […]
Can you imagine a Vice President killing a political rival!?!? On July 11th, 1804, Thomas Jefferson’s Vice President, Aaron Burr, […]
I owe a deep debt of gratitude to my mother and grandmother for teaching me about history and taking me […]
On July 8th, the Pennsylvania State House bell rang calling the citizens of Philadelphia to listen to the first public […]
I’m sure many of you are familiar with the Hamilton musical. From their first meeting, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson […]
As President, Thomas Jefferson presided over the purchase of the Louisiana territory from France. It was the BEST deal in […]
Thomas Jefferson replaced Benjamin Franklin as diplomat to France, serving from 1785 until 1789. While in France, Jefferson fell in […]
