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From our visit in September, 2006. Towards the end you'll see Thomas Jefferson's tombstone, with the epitaph stating that he was the author of the Declaration of Independence, the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and the father of the University of Virginia.
He never mentions his presidency.
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Video by S. Johnson. Footage of Gael Murphy, Desiree Fairooz, and Linda Lisanti, who were among several protester of George W. Bush at Monticello on July 4, 2008.
Enzo Jannacci ha un gusto tutto suo per le pause. Durante uno dei suoi corsi mi insegnò che per far ridere, all'inizio di uno spettacolo, basta salire sul palco e star zitti per un paio di minuti. La prima cosa che si dice - secondo il maestro - fa ridere sicuramente. Lui a questo giro si inventa questa frase: "Perché fotografa giallo quel signore là?". Geniale.
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Excerpts from Sam Waterston's address at the annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony at the home of Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia. This is about 7 minutes from Waterston's 22-minute speech. Also included is the reading of the preamble to the Declaration of Independence by John Charles Thomas, a trustee of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.
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Annette Gordon-Reed talks about her new book, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, and answers questions at Monticello's Jefferson Library. Ms. Gordon-Reed explains how and why she began writing about the Hemingses.
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Annette Gordon-Reed talks about her new book, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, and answers questions at Monticello's Jefferson Library. This section: the origins of the Hemings family and their move to Monticello; James and Sally Hemings go to Paris, France
Hemings, Gordon-Reed, Jefferson, Monticello, slave, slavery
