The initiative outlines how Monticello will work toward its goals of creating space for learning, history, and connection.

In the summer of 1774 Jefferson retreated to Monticello and wrote a secret plea meant to avert disputes with the British — a ...

A National Invitation to Revisit America's Founding Ideals and Reflect on Their Meaning Today CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Monticello and More Perfect are proud to announce the ...

Three first-year students recently took the Thomas Jefferson Foundation up on its offer. Here are their stories.

Thursday, July 5, 2018 -- A new exhibit at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's mountaintop home hear Charlottesville, Va., underscores the fact that the Jefferson estate was an epicenter of racial mixing ...

When British forces under Benedict Arnold sailed up the James River to invade Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, then Governor, hesitated and then fled. Years later he returned to power and became president.

It’s a well-known story. In April of 1775, an American patriot receives intelligence communicated by lantern light and travels on horseback from Charlestown to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn his ...

Thomas Jefferson owned more than 600 slaves over the course of his life resulting in a more complete picture of the third ...

He expanded the educational mission of Thomas Jefferson’s plantation. He also embraced research that showed Jefferson had fathered the children of one of his slaves. By Richard Sandomir Six ...