| 单词 | Thomas Jefferson |
| 例句 | But instead of choosing from the likely suspects—William Shakespeare, Thomas Jefferson, Harriet Tubman—I use my computer to look up the names my grandfather’s been batting around. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z The third participant in the dinner-table bargain, and the host for the occasion, was Thomas Jefferson. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The Jewish school didn’t really count with the white folks, so I went to the white school, Thomas Jefferson Elementary. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson purchased, from the French, the Territory of Louisiana, which contained lands dominated by the Osage. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson, governor of Virginia, was the next plotter. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson, though, was terrified by the success of the Haitian revolution. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z And Thomas Jefferson’s lyrical rendering of the reasons for the entire revolutionary enterprise emphasized the self-evident character of the principles at stake. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The list of guests included WilliamShort, formerly Thomas Jefferson’s personal secretary in Paris and a lifelong Jefferson protege. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z This school, Thomas Jefferson High, was another public school, a sprawling brick compound. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Nowhere is the stratification of education more vivid than in Virginia, where Thomas Jefferson once tried, and failed, to set up the nation’s first public high schools. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Samuel Adams’s master’s thesis was “delivered in flawless Latin,” Alexander Hamilton copied Demosthenes into his commonplace book, and Thomas Jefferson modeled his oratory on the prose of Livy, Sallust, and Tacitus. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “All right, if Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner…” “Mr. Oliver?” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z But Thomas Jefferson and James Madison disagreed and could not be budged from their position. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z When Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark into the wilderness, he confidently expected them to find woolly mammoths and mastodons. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson’s version of the story follows a plotline that illustrates the natural and almost nonchalant way that history happens in an ideal Jeffersonian world. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z There was a man named Benjamin Banneker who composed almanacs—almanacs! she devoured them all—and served as a confidant to Thomas Jefferson, who composed the Declaration. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z His own secretary of state, Thomas Jefferson, certainly did, and he argued bitterly with Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton over the issue. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson was also returning to the Philadelphia area to complete his time as secretary of state. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Well into December, individuals were still succumbing to the fever, and Thomas Jefferson was worrying over which houses were safe to enter. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z But the four names topping everyone’s list would have been almost unanimous: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Many people, Thomas Jefferson and future president James Madison included, felt that Washington could not legally convene Congress anywhere but within the city limits of Philadelphia. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson removed a slice from a mound on his estate, examined the stratigraphic layers, and announced that Indians had made it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There was no contradiction in the bold claim made by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” if Africans were not really people. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Thomas Jefferson helped the Marquis de Lafayette draft a declaration,” Simon blurts. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I said that as freedom fighters we could not have known of such men as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Jefferson “and not been moved to act as they were moved to act.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When Thomas Jefferson succeeded Adams, he saw Haiti only as a threat. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z What a shock it would be were Valeria to stomp right in and start talking to her about the laws of thermodynamics, or the life of Thomas Jefferson, in flawless English. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z In a letter to Thomas Jefferson, the aging John Adams recalled the Massachusetts of his youth as a multiracial society. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Patriot Henry Wiencek suspected he would be in for a rough ride when “Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves,” his scathing assessment of America’s third president, was published last month. Henry Wiencek’s ‘Master of the Mountain’ Irks Historians 2012-11-26T22:31:39Z At Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Northern Virginia, she excelled academically but also joined the cross-country team. Aparna Nancherla may have been a shy child, but she’s a comedy star now. 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z What differed in Marshall’s day was the great chief’s ability to win over Republican justices appointed by his archrival, Thomas Jefferson, and to join him in a series of unanimous opinions. The Man Who Made the Supreme Court Supreme 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z “Do you think Thomas Jefferson wanted open borders?” the professor says. 'Teach, Teacher, Teachest,' Inspired by Ionesco 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z A mere 5 percent of Americans lived in urban areas altogether, and many — like Thomas Jefferson — were deeply skeptical of them. Perspective | Washington is now a cool city. That’s terrible news for American democracy. 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z He writes about it in 1800 under Thomas Jefferson, in 1830 under Andrew Jackson, in the 1890s under William Jennings Bryan, and in the 1930s in the New Deal. 'A Nation of Deadbeats': Fascinating but unfocused look at money crises 2012-09-01T14:01:04Z And New York City Council members demanded that a statue of Thomas Jefferson be removed from City Hall. Roosevelt Statue to Be Removed From Museum of Natural History 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Among their treasures are Thomas Jefferson’s handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence; an original Gutenberg Bible from 1455; an unpublished chapter from Malcolm X’s autobiography and an extensive James Baldwin archive. A Music Historian Takes a Top Job at the New York Public Library 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z It was a prejudice that stretched as far back as Thomas Jefferson in his “Notes on the State of Virginia” and was later reinforced by minstrel shows. The story of Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, America’s first black pop star 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z IN “HAMILTON” Double duty as the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, a trans-Atlantic triumph that earned him the Tony Award for best performance by a featured actor in a musical. Two Tony-Winning ‘Hamilton’ Stars Step Out With New Albums 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Most of them were close students of the natural sciences: Thomas Paine an engineer, Benjamin Rush a physician and chemist, Roger Sherman an astronomer, Thomas Jefferson an architect and agronomist. My book was a bad idea 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z Jones also read a poem about Sally Hemings, the woman who was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson, the father of six of her children. Poetry in a Time of Protest 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z About 5,000 men, women and children gathered in front of Metro Hall, under the watchful eye of a statue of Thomas Jefferson, for The Rally to Move Forward. LISTEN: Rally in a red state: Instead of a Women’s March against Trump, this city’s event called for justice in many forms 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z And, as we know, Thomas Jefferson had to wait two centuries, until the advent of DNA, for the private life he implicitly denied to light up the news cycle. Jerry Sandusky’s guilty — and so are we 2012-06-25T13:59:00Z This soulful book honestly explores the predicament of a sensitive, inquisitive boy — the son of Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings — who spent his life “owned” by his father, a founder of our democracy. Notable Children’s Books of 2016 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Even in 1790, with a much smaller population, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson confided that the census was “supplied by conjecture” and merely “very near the truth.” With the Census Approaching, a Look at Its History and Lore 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z He attends Thomas Jefferson, where the largest group of Nysmith graduates go each year. How a small school for gifted kids in the D.C. exurbs gets big results 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Apparently, he favored tolerance in his multicultural empire, a stance that wasn’t lost on Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Slaves slept in squalor and were never permitted sufficient rest; yet somehow, Thomas Jefferson took a slave’s tendency to fall instantly asleep as evidence not of bone-weariness, but intellectual inferiority — the slave lacked introspection. ‘Wild Nights’ Offers a History of Sleep (and Sleeplessness) 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z An interesting historical footnote is that Thomas Jefferson attempted to establish a winery and plant Vitis vinifera vineyards in Virginia in the late 1700s and early 1800s. A brief history of American winemaking 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z The same publisher, Mathew Carey, wrote letters with Thomas Jefferson and employed the bookseller who went on to write the George Washington biography that established the cherry tree myth. All the Presidents Penned 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z The exhibition will be on display through Feb. 11 in the Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington; loc.gov/visit. G.I. Joe, Mickey Mouse and Captain America Walk Into … a Display 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z What was attractive to you about spending time with the ghosts of Thomas Jefferson, Ebenezer Howard, Frank Lloyd Wright, Benjamin Franklin et al.? Building Type: Keith Krumwiede's satirical jolt for the earnest world of architecture publishing 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z These two views go back to Alexander Hamilton, who was the first secretary of the Treasury and to some degree was prime minister for George Washington during his administration, and Thomas Jefferson, Hamilton’s bitter enemy. The Queen 2012-06-11T11:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson is introduced as a "powerful advocate of liberty" who "inherited some 5,000 acres of land," but is not identified as an owner of slaves. Historians question White House presidential bios 2011-04-05T13:26:27Z What was best about us was our ingrained quality of doubt toward highfalutin theories and our conviction in the decency of the common man, as evident in Thomas Jefferson as in Mark Twain. Bob Dylan’s prophecy: The kryptonite we need against Trumpism 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z Rick Perry of Texas consciously draw on the anti-Hamiltonian ideas of thinkers like Thomas Jefferson to attack the idea of a powerful, economically interventionist federal government. Books of The Times: ?That Used to Be Us? by Friedman and Mandelbaum - Review 2011-10-02T21:07:08Z One of the plainest, yet also most poignant items at the Chrysler Museum of Art’s exhibition highlighting Thomas Jefferson as an architect is a worn, reddish-brown brick with a handprint. Displaying, not Hiding, the Reality of Slave Labor in Art 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z It has been 20 years since the historian Annette Gordon-Reed published “Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy,” a book that successfully challenged the prevailing perceptions of both figures. Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson and the Ways We Talk About Our Past 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z For centuries architects from Andrea Palladio to Thomas Jefferson to Richard Meier have been profoundly influenced by the Pantheon’s dome and columned portico. Crowning Glory 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson had applied a similar shade in Monticello’s dining room, he said, and it brought a cheerful note to his wintry leafless property. ‘Yelling, Screaming, Almost Fisticuffs’ ...Over House Paint? 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that all men were born equal with the right to liberty while he enslaved hundreds of people of African descent. How are we supposed to celebrate July 4 after Juneteenth? 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z Sometimes, he poses as an innocent abroad, as when he watches “The Jeffersons,” “a TV comedy about the unacknowledged black descendants of Thomas Jefferson, America’s third president and the author of the Declaration of Independence.” ‘The Sympathizer’: A cerebral thriller about Vietnam and its aftermath 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z For the minimalist wedding tour, Tuckahoe instead focuses on Thomas Jefferson and the home as a cornerstone of his childhood. Disturbing wedding trend: Getting married at a plantation 2014-01-05T16:00:00Z When you think about the Founding Fathers, you probably think of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and, these days, Alexander Hamilton. No monument for Madison. But one of his legacies is freedom of the press. 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z And then you catch your breath only to look up and see, on a platform, a statue of Thomas Jefferson. Visiting the African-American Museum: Waiting, Reading, Thinking, Connecting, Feeling 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Distrust of a ruling power is in our DNA, seeded by founders such as Thomas Jefferson and inflamed by presidents such as Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson. A Green New Deal ignites an old red scare 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Explorer, polymath, friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Thomas Jefferson and Simon Bolívar, Alexander von Humboldt was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century. Shelf life 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Presidential head-bopping was observed at various points, including during the cabinet debate between Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, staged as a rap battle. Starring on Broadway, Obama and Alexander Hamilton 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z And it doesn’t hurt to have the initials T-J, which evoke Virginia’s first oenophile, Thomas Jefferson. A sparkling wine that has shed locavore light on some of Virginia’s finest vineyards 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Gordon-Reed and he wrote “ ‘Most Blessed of the Patriarchs’: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination.” Highlights of the 2016 National Book Festival 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The boutique hotel is named after architect Thomas Blackburn, a Thomas Jefferson protege who was the hospital’s chief architect. In the Shenandoah Valley, Blackburn Inn gives new life to a site with a dark past 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine, Thomas Jefferson Park, 114th Street and First Avenue, East Harlem, 212-360-1319, nycgovparks.org/highlights/festivals; free. Spare Times for Children for April 25-May 1 2014-04-24T22:19:01Z In the early 1800s, President Thomas Jefferson expressed interest in purchasing New Orleans. New Orleans celebrates 300 years of letting the good times roll 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z I think Thomas Jefferson would be a lot of fun. Q&A: Benjamin Walker on Becoming an Axe-Wielding President in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 2012-06-20T16:00:44Z This strain traces its roots back to Thomas Jefferson, who described large cities as “pestilential to the morals, the health and the liberties of man.” Stop climate change: Move to the city, start walking 2012-11-03T19:00:00Z Sex 'Positively indecent' – or as close as the filmmakers dared … Adams and Franklin call on Mrs Jefferson The writing of the constitution is left to Thomas Jefferson. 1776: the original constitutional nightmare 2010-08-12T08:22:00Z In November, for example, the city moved its Thomas Jefferson statue to the New-York Historical Society after many City Council members objected to Jefferson’s legacy as an enslaver. Faith Ringgold Mural at Rikers Island to Move to Brooklyn Museum 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z And while Posner’s sketches of major political figures from Thomas Jefferson to Franklin Roosevelt are often interesting, they do not add to the vast stock of knowledge we owe to their many biographers. Is Donald Trump a Danger to Democracy? 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Its fans over the years have included Thomas Jefferson and Georgia O’Keeffe, and it has persisted in Alabama subdivisions and Moroccan resorts. These Books Move Heaven and Earth 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z After hitting Baked & Wired, a confectionery on Thomas Jefferson Street, Shapiro grinds his way over to the Prospect Street mainstay Martin’s Tavern, the final stop in Georgetown. ‘It’s hard, hard work’: Once a year, this D.C. business owner collects the garbage himself 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z For wine romanticists, that means the Bordeaux that Thomas Jefferson enjoyed on his visits to the region in the 1780s were probably not primarily cabernet. 5 things you need to know about cabernet sauvignon 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and his allies favored limited government and protections for the working class. In a presidential election, it’s almost always about two parties 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Trail mix: Consider it your patriotic duty to visit the birthplace of American wine, where Thomas Jefferson dabbled in viticulture, founding two vineyards at Monticello. Satisfy your food, beverage or cultural craving on a Mid-Atlantic trail 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Jon Meacham's new biography of Thomas Jefferson praises him as a subtle and effective politician, while a competing book, Henry Wiencek's "Master of the Mountain," faults Jefferson as a calculating slave holder who tolerated brutality. Petraeus affair and the role of biographers 2012-11-14T18:16:03Z Thomas Jefferson once owned a copy, which helped interest him in purchasing the region from France in 1803. ArtsBeat: National Library of Sweden to Recover Stolen Books 2013-07-23T23:36:17Z As a the first Muslim congressman, he freaked out small-minded conservatives by getting sworn in on Thomas Jefferson’s Koran. Americans want justice for George Floyd. Keith Ellison is in charge of getting it. 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z But lots of celebrated figures from the past are indirectly represented, from Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson to Eleanor Roosevelt and Robert Smithson. ‘Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage’ Reflects on Past Greats 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z There, you can appreciate the genius of Thomas Jefferson as well as his imperfections, embodied in a frank guided talk about slavery and the country’s third president. 10 places to visit during ‘shoulder season,’ the sweet spot between high and low periods 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z It’s like saying that the Fourth of July will be celebrated on June 10 this year, because of divinations found in Thomas Jefferson’s horoscope. How a failed rebellion changed the world: The Easter Rising’s strange centennial 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z The Democrats trace their history to the 1790s and Thomas Jefferson. Campaign 2016: Understanding the presidential election 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z She was a major scholar of Thomas Jefferson and wrote a brief biography of him, published in 2003. Joyce Appleby, Historian of Capitalism and American Identity, Is Dead at 87 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z Beginning in his hometown, New Orleans, Smith visits nine places that memorialize or distort their link to the legacy of slavery, from Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello to the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan. How America Remembers— and Distorts — Its Slavery Past 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson ordered a small obelisk placed a mile and a half north of the White House to serve as a longitudinal meridian for the new capital city. Is it Meridian Hill Park or Malcolm X Park? Your answer is meaningful. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z The episode became a political flash point, one that Ekirch suggests played a role in delivering the presidency in 1800 to Thomas Jefferson and helping establish the United States’ policy of granting asylum to refugees. New in Paperback: ‘Afterglow (a dog memoir),’ ‘The Odyssey’ 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z When Thomas Jefferson reportedly said, “The government that governs best, governs least,” he meant that at least 22 hours of a president’s day should be devoted to watching TV. Perspective | How to use history to support just about any lunatic assertion 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z To the shackles in Thomas Jefferson’s beast jail! 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: Casualties of war 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson was happiest, he declared, when traveling alone. In Certifiably Happy Norway, a Cranky Traveler Finds Some Bliss (Within Reason) 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z The collection at the Newberry includes a bound copy of "The Federalist" once owned by Thomas Jefferson. Book lovers fear dim future for notes in the margins 2011-02-22T04:17:03Z Mrs. Cokenakes is to receive a medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University later this month. Sarah Hirsh, George Cokenakes 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson, for examples, owned two copies of the Cyropaedia, the Greek author Xenophon's text on the ideal education of a ruler. Babylonian relic to visit US with historic message of tolerance 2012-11-27T19:03:48Z He founded the Mississippi Land Company with the young Virginia lawyers Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry, along with four Lees and other Ohio Company members, seeking 2.5 million acres across the new boundary line. An excerpt from William Hogeland’s “Autumn of the Black Snake” excerpt 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z In this area where Thomas Jefferson elevated farming to an art form--growing everything from figs to artichokes to raspberries--an increasing population of men and women is leading an agrarian renaissance. Taste Charlottesville's Growing Local-Food Movement 2010-05-26T17:49:00Z Like Thomas Jefferson, who enjoyed “putting up and pulling down” at Monticello, Wright was constantly extending and reshaping the house and the landscape. 2010-02-01T05:00:00Z Classes at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Arlington, Virginia, ended about an hour ago, and there are hardly any other kids left on school grounds. These students are hungry to help One episode includes a trip to Monticello, the former Virginia plantation and home of Thomas Jefferson. Food Scholar, Folk Singer, Blunt Speaker: The Many Lives of Leni Sorensen 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z To get a more exclusive look at Independence Hall, take the Independence After Hours tour, which includes dinner at City Tavern and an appearance by Thomas Jefferson. These Are America's Best Cities for Historic Sites 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z There is a thriving market for any items intimately connected to Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson, Mrs. Cadou and other experts said. Owning George Washington: The Auction 2011-04-06T21:53:42Z “They are in Washington to see Washington, not to learn about Thomas Jefferson,” Mr. Garrett said. In Transit Blog: A Washington Hotel’s History Tour 2013-12-13T21:00:38Z Over the decades, Delmonico’s Restaurant, which opened in 1837, has counted heads of state among its customers, including more than a dozen American presidents beginning with Thomas Jefferson. Delmonico’s Welcomes a White House Chef 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Trump awkwardly read through what might best be described as Wikipedia entries on the four presidents depicted on Mount Rushmore: Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. Perspective | Trump got his crowd and his fireworks, and peddled his fiction 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z He played football at Thomas Jefferson High School, an institution that educated generations of Jewish immigrants and their children. Donald Kagan, Leading Historian of Ancient Greece, Dies at 89 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z This important work of history, published in 1997, argued persuasively that Thomas Jefferson had fathered the children of one of his slaves, Sally Hemings. 17 Great Books About American Presidents for Presidents’ Day Weekend 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z I loved all of the people who worked at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s house. Q&A: Richard Linklater on America’s Ignored Monuments 2012-08-24T20:33:56Z —Thomas Jefferson To Jefferson, meat was little more than a condiment for fresh, home-grown vegetables. Breaking Ground at Monticello 2012-10-01T15:20:06.137Z Even Obama's speech about the America Invents Act begins by explaining how Thomas Jefferson epitomized the nation's mythic spirit of invention and innovation. The iconic American inventor is still a white male — that’s an obstacle to race and gender inclusion 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Plato had his olive grove of Akademia, Christian monks turned inward to the verdant cloister, and Thomas Jefferson built his academy around the Lawn at the University of Virginia. If any place can get young minds to unplug, it’s a college sitting on an arboretum 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Since 1992, Religious Freedom Day publicly celebrates the enactment of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, drafted by Thomas Jefferson in 1777 and passed into law by his protégé, James Madison, in 1786. Religious freedom: It’s a core American principle, and it doesn’t mean what right-wingers want it to mean 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Banneker corresponded with Thomas Jefferson, protesting America’s “groaning captivity and cruel oppression” of black people. George Washington Really Slept Here. So Did His Slave. 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z This explains the real Thomas Jefferson's keenness to return to her side. 1776: the original constitutional nightmare 2010-08-12T08:22:00Z “We’re not the Chamber of Commerce for Thomas Jefferson,” she said. Home Sweet Home Museum Changes Its Tune 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z When British soldiers torched the building 14 years later, former president Thomas Jefferson offered the young government nearly 6,500 books from his own library. Magna Carta on view at Library of Congress through January 19 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z There, he met Peale, who painted portraits of such American Revolutionary figures as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. What lies beneath: Searching for the bones of Yarrow Mamout, a turn-of-the-19th-century Georgetown celebrity 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z At 14 he visited an uncle in Los Angeles and stayed, enrolling in Thomas Jefferson High. Joe Ligon, Gospel Singer With the Mighty Clouds of Joy, Dies at 80 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z I also learned that an early pioneer like Thomas Jefferson was a brilliant thinker, which made him an honorable president. "Black AF History" author on whitewashing the past: "They have tried every way possible to erase us" 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson’s connections to racism and slavery have been known for a long time. The case against Thomas Jefferson: “We have not had a public reckoning yet, with slavery and the Civil War” 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Monticello historians are relatively confident that Sally Hemings lived in one of two rooms along the south wing, based on an encounter between Jefferson’s grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph and an early biographer and other evidence. Perspective | Jefferson’s Monticello finally gives Sally Hemings her place in presidential history 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z It does not escape notice that a critical sequence in “Hamilton” has Alexander Hamilton casting the deciding — and personally fateful — ballot in the 1800 election between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. The ticket ‘Hamilton’ is selling now? Biden-Harris. 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Washington and the secretary of state, Thomas Jefferson, both thought the final number — nearly 3.9 million people — was low. Census 2020 means it’s time for Americans to be counted 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z In later years, Thomas Jefferson helped with the decor. Berkeley Plantation, where George Washington danced ’til dawn 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z If the connection isn’t clear, Thomas Jefferson later became the chief of mission for France, and the Jefferson Memorial is more or less a neighbor to the hotel. Review | At two hotel restaurants, there’s room for improvement 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Dr. Gandler, also 31, is a first-year fellow in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Maxine Ames, Alan Gandler 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson’s slaves modeled it after chairs that he had imported from Paris. Antiques: New Antiques Websites Join Crowded Field 2014-02-13T20:33:28Z Thomas Jefferson, a more democratic thinker, called information the “currency of democracy.” We let the idiots take the wheel: Donald Trump, Fox News and how we let our democracy rot 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z If time travel were possible, an evening listening to Jim Law discuss viticulture with Thomas Jefferson would be a Virginia oenophile’s dream. Jim Law of Linden Vineyards: The Virginia wine industry's oracle marks 30 years Taylor ’s “American Revolutions” may be short on uplift or admiring odes to the wisdom of George Washington or Thomas Jefferson. The Battle for 1776 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z There’s an overall aura of disconnection and loneliness in this triumvirate of office parks, although Thomas Jefferson might interpret that as peacefulness. The old suburban office park is the new American ghost town 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z I also spent that year as a Thomas Jefferson impersonator, but much like you, I had to distance myself from the character every evening when I took off my wig. My application for Charlie Sheen's internship 2011-03-07T23:31:00Z It's why Thomas Jefferson and the founders were really afraid at the outset because they thought . "Black AF History" author on whitewashing the past: "They have tried every way possible to erase us" 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z In the early 1770s, Thomas Jefferson was in his twenties, the son of a Virginia planter and land speculator and a planter and speculator himself; he was becoming an intellectual too, and a lawyer. An excerpt from William Hogeland’s “Autumn of the Black Snake” excerpt 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z At the ceremony Tuesday, Ginsburg said she was pleased that the country has changed since the days of the awards' namesake, Thomas Jefferson, when the prevailing view was that women should not hold public office. Jefferson prizes for public service awarded to 18 2011-06-22T11:22:11Z On the other side is a huge visitors center with a souvenir shop, Rocky statue and costumed look-alikes of Betsy Ross and President Thomas Jefferson. Skip the Liberty Bell and head to Franklin Court for a quieter historical experience 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z The group, led by Richard Spencer, then marches to the Thomas Jefferson statue near the Rotunda, where a small group of students have assembled to protest the white supremacists. A timeline of racism in Charlottesville, from 1607 through 2017’s Unite the Right rally aftermath 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z The renowned dancer Carmen de Lavallade returned to her native South Los Angeles school — Thomas Jefferson High School — to speak with students about her groundbreaking life in the arts. Essential Arts & Culture: A wondrous Hedwig, Renaissance music remade, Boyle Heights gallery crimes 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z It was planted by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, and is famously high in vitamin C. Winter apples with flavor and history 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Nix-Gomez described how Founding Fathers such as James Madison and Thomas Jefferson would order directly from shippers on the island of Madeira, specifying the color, body and sweetness they desired. A toast to the Founding Fathers should include their favorite drink 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The first president inaugurated in Washington was Thomas Jefferson in 1801. A presidential inauguration for the history books 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z So did our third president, Thomas Jefferson, who also owned slaves and didn’t pretend to be a man of the people in a mingling sense, yet drafted one of the world’s primary egalitarian documents. Presidential Portraits: Staring History in the Face 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z In Harlem, a new skate park opened at Thomas Jefferson Park in September. Skateboarders Won 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson has been getting extra press in Washington these days — and not only for his upcoming appearance onstage. Jefferson, Dickens and Tolstoy walk into a church basement . . . 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z White portrait busts of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, altered with nails and soil, remind us that Jefferson owned and employed slaves in his blacksmith shop, while Washington’s enslaved labor tilled his tobacco plantation. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z It is still possible to taste madeira made from grapes grown when Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were alive. When vintage opportunities have to do with more than wine 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson has long been a lightning rod, but the past year has been tougher on him than usual. Thomas Jefferson, Neither God Nor Devil 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z She didn’t like much but she liked architects — Frank Lloyd Wright and Thomas Jefferson, at least. Down with Thanksgiving! 2012-11-22T17:00:00Z An exhibition of more than 80 objects — including letters by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln — explores the tumultuous and bloody road that led to the passing of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery. Datebook: Vintage car design, objects of desire, flight of the bumblebee 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z One poem is told from the perspective of Henry Martin, who was said to be Thomas Jefferson’s mixed-race grandson. In ‘Playlist for the Apocalypse,’ the Weight of American History and of Mortality 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, the president noted, were also slave owners. Historians Question Trump’s Comments on Confederate Monuments 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Not since Thomas Jefferson at Monticello or William Randolph Hearst at San Simeon has someone so near the summit of American political life been so closely identified with a single structure. Seeing Trump in Trump Tower 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z In particular, she was struck by the dramatic climax: the debate over Thomas Jefferson’s fiery denunciation of the slave trade, which was ultimately cut from the Declaration, to secure unanimous approval. ‘1776’ in 2022: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of a Dual Reality 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z “Spirits in colonial times were about utilizing everything around you,” Koons says, mentioning the waste-not farming principles of Thomas Jefferson and adding that the company aims to work with ingredients within a 40-mile radius. T Magazine: Blithe Spirits in Colorado 2011-11-11T19:30:16Z O’Toole, who lives in the Rochester area, received hundreds of responses after she posted her Declaration of Transgender Independence online, from expressions of support to suggestions that Thomas Jefferson would have thought she was crazy. Declaration of Independence still inspires activists 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z “Sally & Tom,” a new play about Parks’s two favorite subjects, history and theater, but also about Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, has just begun performances at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere Else 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z He also worked through multiple volumes of Adams, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. Edmund S. Morgan, colonial scholar, dies at 97 2013-07-09T13:05:12Z The same reporter who wrote about Hamilton’s tryst, James Thomson Callender, also wrote about Thomas Jefferson’s affair with an enslaved woman, Sally Hemings, but Jefferson, already president when the story broke, was re-elected anyway. When a Collision Between Politics and Sex Shocked Americans 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson and his slaves A statue of Thomas Jefferson stands in front of a stack of bricks marked with the names of people he owned. The National Museum of African American History and Culture 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Because Thomas Jefferson's enslaved person invented macaroni and cheese. "Black AF History" author on whitewashing the past: "They have tried every way possible to erase us" 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The Capitol's South Lawn and the South Portico, which were initially designed by Thomas Jefferson, doubled as the White House exterior in "Dave." Spielberg to film 'Lincoln' scenes in Richmond 2011-10-04T18:53:08Z He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and became a pipe fitter in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where he met his future wife, Roslyn Shechter. 2010-01-29T05:49:00Z In our story about child hunger in the Washington area, how were kids at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Arlington fighting food insecurity in their community? KidsPost asked questions about 2014, and a few readers had all the answers 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z These “picaroons” became such a nuisance that Thomas Jefferson in 1780 sent a brig named after himself to “sweep the bay clean of this trash.” A Father-Son Fishing Trip on the Chesapeake Bay 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z All 394 national parks and 582 national landmarks will be closed, including monuments and memorials, including the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. In Transit: What a Government Shutdown Means for Travelers 2011-04-08T21:10:57Z The school website’s list of high schools that graduates often go to include Sidwell Friends, Potomac School and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. How a small school for gifted kids in the D.C. exurbs gets big results 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z George Washington retired to his plantation, as did Thomas Jefferson, who also spent his time building up the University of Virginia. What kind of ex-president will Barack Obama be? 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Some of the earliest presidents represented — George Washington, Thomas Jefferson — were slaveholders; Mrs. Obama’s great-great grandparents were slaves. Obama Portraits Blend Paint and Politics, and Fact and Fiction 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z But playing a role as a bird-woman circus freak, and soing several mercifully vague sex scenes with a guy who looks like a sculpture of Thomas Jefferson carved out of ham -- that probably isn't it. "Passion Play": Megan Fox and Mickey Rourke, together at last 2011-05-07T16:01:00Z James Madison and Thomas Jefferson came here as tourists.” Fort Ticonderoga Re-enacts Dramatic Battles 2013-09-12T19:44:27Z The paper adds to a concern voiced by many academics that the fictitious Hamilton of the musical, who attacks slavery in a rap battle with Thomas Jefferson, is just that: fictitious. Research sheds light on Alexander Hamilton as slave owner 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson always taught that a well informed citizenry was the bedrock of our democracy which means the very foundation of our freedom is being undermined with fear mongering and demagoguery. “Fear kills freedom”: New study shows political rhetoric fuels bigotry against Muslims 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson, the shopaholic Virginia aristocrat, would confide that John Adams showed a certain “want of taste.” David McCullough, Best-Selling Explorer of America’s Past, Dies at 89 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z This year is the bicentennial of the founding of the University of Virginia, so it’s a good time to visit what some say Thomas Jefferson considered to be his proudest achievement. In Charlottesville, cuisines fit for Cavaliers 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “The Flat Dutch was Thomas Jefferson’s favorite,” says Pliska, who points out a nearby bed where a couple of sunchokes are sprouting. A historian gets gardening inspiration from his subjects: U.S. presidents 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z “A fascination for France has always existed in American culture,” she said, citing Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson’s diplomatic time in Paris as examples of enduring bilateral relations. Why have Americans given so much money to restore Notre-Dame? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z "Thomas Jefferson is still one of the great - he was not an architect - but he was one of the great architects in American culture," Scogin said. First lady, Smithsonian museum honor top designers 2012-07-13T23:46:07Z She misquotes Thomas Jefferson as saying, “One of my favorite ideas is, never keep an unnecessary soldier.” Books of The Times: ?Drift? by Rachel Maddow of MSNBC Traces American Militarism 2012-03-28T22:36:04Z He pointed speciously to an episode involving Thomas Jefferson as an example. In Another Trump Book, a Journalist’s Belated Awareness Steals the Show 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Even Ken Burns was able to polish off an entire mini-series about Thomas Jefferson in three hours. Television Review: PBS Documentary About Former Secretary of State 2010-07-11T22:03:00Z In March comes “Sally & Tom,” written by Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Steve H. Broadnax III, about a contemporary theater company trying to do a play about Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson. Alicia Keys Is Making a Musical. Her Own Life Inspired the Story. 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Here also is Thomas Jefferson, still smarting over edits made to the Declaration of Independence. The sparks fly when Tolstoy, Jefferson and Dickens meet in the afterlife 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z They not only found unity, but developed a system of governance that functioned as an inspirational model for Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and the other Constitutional framers of the United States. How Robbie Robertson's hidden Indigenous and Jewish heritage influenced The Band's mournful songs 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson, whose 1785 book of the same title inspired the Athenaeum show. In the galleries: Works on paper at Marsha Mateyka Gallery 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The target of his degrading tweets was “First Takes” host Cari Champion, whom Lange described as “my slave” while referring to himself as Thomas Jefferson. Artie Lange latest comedian to be very bad at his job of being a funny comedian 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z “Thomas Jefferson was surrounded by people, and the vast majority of those people were enslaved.” For decades they hid Jefferson’s relationship with her. Now Monticello is making room for Sally Hemings. 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z There is a statute of Thomas Jefferson and an avenue and metro station named for Franklin Roosevelt. Dear France: I'm sorry about "Emily in Paris" 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Virginia was the birthplace of Thomas Jefferson, who called slavery a “moral and political depravity” but owned slaves all the same. How three powerful movies this year took on Virginia’s troubled racial history 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Ligon, a full-throttle singer with a powerful voice reminiscent of Wilson Pickett’s, founded the Mighty Clouds of Joy in the 1950s with several classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School in Los Angeles. Joe Ligon, Gospel Singer With the Mighty Clouds of Joy, Dies at 80 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson came up with new ways of threshing the fibrous, fast-growing plant. For These New York Farmers, Harvest Time Means High Times 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z But don’t take his and Ms. Gordon-Reed’s book, “‘Most Blessed of the Patriarchs’: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination,” as a defense of the man — or an attack, for that matter. Thomas Jefferson, Neither God Nor Devil 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z When you begin to understand men such as Thomas Jefferson and George Washington as mortal and flawed figures, you lose what Trump sees as the grand narrative arc of America. Perspective | Mount Rushmore is colossal kitsch, perfect for a populist spectacle 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Doctors at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital say they were able to use part of the donor liver to help Rydell and the other part to help a child. 60s singer Rydell gets Pa. double organ transplant 2012-07-18T14:15:49Z Thomas Jefferson had gone further in his draft of the Declaration, which famously included a powerful complaint against the king that was struck from the final document. “By the law of nature, all men are free”: Francis Scott Key and the case of the slave ship Antelope 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z And Thomas Jefferson gets a shout-out with a wall of nickels facing outward in the front room. An uneven Declaration in Shaw 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Regardless of the success he has had of late – including his double-star turn as both Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton’s original Broadway cast - the 36-year-old says that fear is still “always there”. Daveed Diggs: ‘Days before I started on Hamilton, I got thrown against a fence by police’ 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Mount Rushmore was conceived as a tourist attraction in the early 1920s, and carving of the four faces — George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt — began in 1927. Perspective | Mount Rushmore is colossal kitsch, perfect for a populist spectacle 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Other examples include texts from Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and a slave named Belinda, who petitioned the Massachusetts legislature for a pension. ‘The Routes of Slavery’ traces a musical journey of resilience in the face of inhumanity 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z It recalls the life of America’s unacknowledged first lady, chattel of our third president, Thomas Jefferson, and mother of his children. Review | America picked artist Martin Puryear’s work for the Venice Biennale — and he’s everything America is not 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z To Lincoln, and to the Senate that had earlier passed it, the amendment would prove the truth of Thomas Jefferson’s declaration that “all men are created equal.” Lincoln: Spielberg’s Urgent Civics Lesson 2012-11-08T13:00:50Z If those three are the case for the prosecution then the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, via Pete Seeger, is offered as a defence. Readers recommend: Songs about the vote 2010-05-06T21:30:00Z Thomas Jefferson, a frequent antagonist of the federal judiciary, maligned its unelected judges as “a subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working underground to undermine the foundations of our confederated fabric.” The Hosts of ‘5-4’ Never Trusted the Supreme Court 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z It was Thomas Jefferson who declared that “No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever.” Forget the theocracy, North Carolina 2013-04-03T19:57:00Z Next up, the museum announced on Tuesday, is an exhibition on Thomas Jefferson and slavery, organized with the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello. ArtsBeat Blog: Smithsonian Plans Exhibition on Jefferson and Slavery 2011-08-30T19:00:23Z And I think as Thomas Jefferson said, "America is the last best hope for mankind." Emilio Estevez on making "The Public," a film about dignity, homelessness and libraries 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Capitol, was inspired by touring Parisian monuments in 1787 with Thomas Jefferson, then the American minister to France. David McCullough's 'The Greater Journey': How France nurtured the American experiment 2011-05-18T23:11:59Z Alice Waters, the matriarch of America’s farm-to-table movement, visited occasionally and has written that “Thomas Jefferson has long been a personal hero of mine.” A model of modern sustainable agriculture – with a nudge from Thomas Jefferson 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Nix-Gomez’s work has led him to consult historians at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and James Madison’s Montpelier as he explores gaps in the history of their drinking habits. What did the founding fathers drink? And other pressing wine questions. 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z I did materials for a Thomas Jefferson exhibition. Chicano art pioneer Frank Romero is still painting, still loves cars and still defends ugly palm trees 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z She grew up in Fairfax and is a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High and the University of Virginia. A pastry chef engages in some sweet talk 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Only one person can write a new Constitution: whoever lives in Thomas Jefferson’s former apartment. Movie Cram II at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z The boyhood home of Thomas Jefferson, which includes no mention of slavery in the “history” section of its website, hosts about 25 weddings a year. Disturbing wedding trend: Getting married at a plantation 2014-01-05T16:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson owned at least five Latin editions of “On the Nature of Things,” as well as translations into other languages. Books of The Times: ?The Swerve: How the World Became Modern,? by Stephen Greenblatt 2011-09-27T21:00:22Z Then again, both Douglass and Thomas Jefferson, whom Diggs played in "Hamilton," sided with the eventual victors in their wars. "It's like being black in America": "Snowpiercer" star Daveed Diggs on the Tailies with no agency 2020-05-24T04:00:00Z You own Lisa Beane’s “Little White Lie,” which depicts Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings; why don’t you own more political work? Why Store Art When You Can Share It? A Collector’s Trove 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z When the protagonist arrives, he's greeted by statues of Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, transformed from mere founding fathers into religious icons. Review: Brilliant 'BioShock Infinite' takes flight 2013-03-26T12:26:15Z And I’m delighted that Annette Gordon-Reed’s meticulously researched and intensely contested books on Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings and their families have succeeded in changing the previous consensus! Elaine Pagels: By the Book 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z "Here was buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of American Independence of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom & Father of the University of Virginia" 25 things you might not know about Thomas Jefferson 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z They enjoy private dinners served on crystal-laden tables in the marbled hall of the Library of Congress’s Thomas Jefferson building. Librarian’s trips abroad, posh hotels all paid for by James Madison Council 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z That's despite the fact that Founding Father Thomas Jefferson was a major proponent of pasta and even owned a pasta maker at his home in Monticello. Agnolotti, bucatini and the innovative new "cascatelli" — a brief history of pasta shapes 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z One of the city’s greatest troves of stories, artwork, history and architecture, the Library of Congress, which began as Thomas Jefferson’s personal library, is often skipped over, although there is much to see here. 36 Hours in Washington, D.C. 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z After several more concerts in Paris, including one attended by Thomas Jefferson, the Bridgetowers — as they then called themselves — left for England, where the family created a sensation. The Black Violinist Who Inspired Beethoven 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Hemings, who was held in slavery by Thomas Jefferson, learned French cooking on a trip to Paris and eventually became Jefferson’s chef de cuisine. Learn About the Chef James Hemings at the Africa Center 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z “Can you imagine Boston turning its back on Sam Adams or Virginia denying Thomas Jefferson?” Philip Schuyler Is Knocked Off His Pedestal in Albany 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Larry King expresses surprise when the senator chooses Thomas Jefferson as the historical leader she most admires. ‘The Contender’ Lit Me on Fire. Now It’s a Cringe Factory. 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Then I hailed a taxi and asked the driver to take me to Thomas Jefferson Pool, on 112th Street and First Avenue. The Swimmer: Manhattan Edition 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z The event recognizes the trail that became the National Road, a federal construction project authorized by Thomas Jefferson in 1806. Nora Roberts Sparks Up Maryland?s Civil War Country 2010-04-29T22:12:00Z The casting was horrible — I’m no historian, but I thought that Thomas Jefferson was white. Style Invitational: Just drop it, okay? A new neologism contest 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z It's reasonable to conclude that Randoph used recipes from James Hemings, who was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson and was the chef de cuisine at Monticello. Why spoonbread matters 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Yet vineyards along the Blue Ridge in Virginia and Maryland suffered a May 14 frost two years ago, and “Thomas Jefferson recorded a killer frost at Monticello as late as June,” Paschina noted. What spring means for a Virginia winery at the top of its game 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z By the second half of the 18th century, white wealth was so completely dependent on black labor that a clause by Thomas Jefferson condemning slavery was struck from the Declaration of Independence. The New Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Refuses to Sugarcoat History 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Fresh lima beans are delicious — and the epicurean gardener Thomas Jefferson planted them prodigiously. This winter, focus on the growing season ahead 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Visitors to George Washington’s Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, both in Virginia, now see the homes only after their recently built visitor centers have instilled contemporary lessons. Museum Review: Tracing Southern History From the Bottom Up 2011-08-05T18:12:02Z Part of what makes the show--which examines the lives and machinations of figures such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Hamilton and Hamilton friend-turned-antagonist Aaron Burr--so distinct is the sheer brio of its concept. 'Hamilton' offers American history with a hip-hop beat 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z The great American statesmen in our history — Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Franklin Roosevelt, among others — were all negotiators. Learning From Henry Kissinger 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z “Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings” is no mere retelling of the scandal at Monticello or Hemings’s secret life or Jefferson’s service in Paris and Washington — although it certainly throws all that into its furnace. ‘Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings’ reimagines his illicit affair 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z For example, in “Behind the Myth of Benevolence,” he painted a portrait of President Thomas Jefferson on a curtain, which hangs loosely on a canvas that shows a second portrait: a nude black female figure. Confronting America’s Shameful Mass Incarceration with Art 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z What really distinguishes “Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings” is its willingness to break any rules of context, history or convention. ‘Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings’ reimagines his illicit affair 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z In “Hamilton,” Mr. Diggs had perhaps the most complex task, playing both the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, and rapping in warp-speed cadences that are difficult to replicate. Beyond ‘Hamilton,’ for Better and for Worse 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z When Jones told Sheen he sounded like Thomas Jefferson, Sheen dismissed the U.S. founding father as a wimp. Season's over for sitcom after Sheen's latest rants 2011-02-25T06:00:03Z Jokingly credited to Thomas Jefferson, the notes match the writing style of Foxes leader Robin Pecknold, accompany his group's debut double-packaged vinyl album/EP, and are written like a formal statement of artistic intent. Labor watch: Fleet Foxes versus The Head and the Heart 2011-02-01T20:32:06Z My mom would explain to our friends and neighbors how she really loved Thomas Jefferson, his ideas, his Enlightenment views and especially his great place up there at Monticello. Down with Thanksgiving! 2012-11-22T17:00:00Z Is “Hamilton” satire, with its ultra-hip Thomas Jefferson and crooning King George III? Song and dance as a political ‘Fix’ 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z And the state capitol building itself, designed by Thomas Jefferson, and where parts of the Oscar-nominated film “Lincoln” were shot, is fresh off a $100 million overhaul. In Richmond, Capitol Gains 2013-01-31T18:47:23Z When the original library burned down in 1814, Thomas Jefferson seeded a new one with his own much broader collection of books. These Are the 20 Most Beautiful Libraries in the World 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are far more familiar. Your next box set: John Adams 2012-07-26T17:20:01Z Mr. Onuf arrived wearing a Jefferson-themed tie, which seems appropriate for a scholar who holds the imposing title of Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation professor emeritus at the University of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson, Neither God Nor Devil 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Delegates including Henry, Thomas Nelson Jr., George Washington and Thomas Jefferson sat among the 300 spectators debating Henry’s resolution to form a militia for the defense of the colony. On a Virginia driving tour, tracing patriot Patrick Henry’s path to history 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z "After all, if Thomas Jefferson introduced French haute cuisine to this country, who do you think actually cooked it?" she writes. Add these cookbooks by Black authors to your kitchen repertoire 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Among the many items in my office is a bust of Thomas Jefferson, a bust of Abraham Lincoln and a photo of the undefeatable Jackie Robinson. Ken Burns: Why the African American history museum belongs to all of us 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z He has distilled that knowledge in “Thomas Jefferson’s Revolutionary Garden,” to be published by Yale University Press. In the Garden: Jefferson?s Vegetable Garden Still Grows at Monticello 2010-07-01T13:37:00Z The only other time that happened was Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe. Trump waves goodbye to baby boomer presidents 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z By now readers know that she broke convention and posed for her first official White House portrait in a sleeveless Michael Kors sheath while standing in front of a painting of Thomas Jefferson. ‘Michelle Obama: A Life,’ by Peter Slevin 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z He graduated from Washington and Lee University, received a post-baccaulaureate premedical certificate from the University of Vermont, and a medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University. Sophie Palitz, Jacob Buinewicz 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Sprinkled throughout are Raichlen’s literate musings and his illuminating interviews with cool “Food Dudes” from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Keller. A manly cooking primer from Steven Raichlen 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Hemings came back into the news earlier this year, after the Thomas Jefferson Foundation announced plans to restore a space where Hemings likely resided, for a time, at Monticello. Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson and the Ways We Talk About Our Past 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z In a scene at the end, Cogan launches a scathing attack on Thomas Jefferson, the main author of the U.S. Brad Pitt mob movie portrays broken American dream 2012-05-22T11:33:20Z When Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson start rapping about the national debt and states’ rights, you know this hip-hop musical is so made for Washington that it could occupy its own monument on the Mall. Review | ‘Hamilton’ opens in Washington, and it’s a worthy successor to Broadway 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z For the record, it’s officially called the Democratic Party, same as it has been since 1844, when it replaced its predecessor, a faction formed by Thomas Jefferson in 1798 that was called the Democratic-Republican Party. ‘The Democrat Party’: Trump needles the opposition by truncating its name 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z While he wrote many biographies of admirable figures — among them George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin — Mr. Giblin came to focus increasingly on malefactors. James Cross Giblin, 82, Wide-Ranging Author of Books for Children, Dies 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z That includes Elizabeth A. Davis, who makes a very visibly pregnant Thomas Jefferson. Review: ‘1776,’ When All Men, and Only Men, Were Created Equal 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Over the next few years, mammoth mania took hold, and it caught up artists, scientists and politicians, including Thomas Jefferson. Perspective | What do Thomas Jefferson, a mastodon skeleton and Alexander von Humboldt have in common? The answer is locked inside the Smithsonian. 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z About 500 people will spend the night searching for special items like a Thomas Jefferson handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence. Author McGonigal on a mission to makes games matter 2011-03-17T17:48:22Z Why not compare students admitted to the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County and students who just missed acceptance? Why gifted education doesn’t make sense And there is a handwritten draft of the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson. Treasures to Be Un-Hidden at New York Public Library 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z We played drums in the Thomas Jefferson middle school band. Game over, conservative friend 2012-11-17T00:30:00Z "I think Thomas Jefferson would have said the more speech, the better," said Scalia, when asked about so-called super PAC spending on national elections. Scalia says no 'falling out' with Roberts 2012-07-19T14:16:12Z A popular teacher and exemplary surgeon at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, he became well-known for his work on burn victims and those with conditions such as a club foot or cleft palate. In Philadelphia, a medical museum puts the human body on display 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z He used the copy, in English translation, owned by Thomas Jefferson. A Brief History of Oaths and Books 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z Poe enrolled at U.Va. in February 1826, not long after Thomas Jefferson founded the school, and professors quickly recognized his academic excellence. Edgar Allan Poe's UVa room to undergo renovation 2011-04-28T14:28:09Z In addition to getting some laughs, audiences may even learn something: Did you know that Thomas Jefferson invented the swivel chair? Spare Times for Children for Feb. 21-27 2014-02-21T00:32:27Z Announcing the effort, Dr. Hartig recalled one of the museum’s most treasured artifacts, the Jefferson Banner, which symbolizes Thomas Jefferson’s presidential victory and the peaceful transfer of power that followed the bitter election of 1800. The Smithsonian Is Collecting Objects From the Capitol Siege 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z Authors less bold and visionary than William Hogeland will usually settle for writing conventional biographies about the characters who grace the pages of “Autumn of the Black Snake” — George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson. “Autumn of the Black Snake” tells the story of America’s first war 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z The Alien and Sedition Acts, passed by the Adams administration in 1798, were intended to clamp down on the political enemies of the Federalists, Adams’s party, and weaken Thomas Jefferson’s Democratic-Republicans. ‘Sedition’: A Complicated History 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z You cannot see Thomas Jefferson’s mansion, Monticello, from the small room burrowed into the ground along the south wing of his estate. Perspective | Jefferson’s Monticello finally gives Sally Hemings her place in presidential history 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson was a proficient violinist who described music as “the favorite passion of my soul” and once characterized American musical culture as “in a state of deplorable barbarism.” ‘Hamilton’ Is Known For Its Music, but What Did Alexander Hamilton Listen To? 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Analogies are imperfect — this critic’s mastery of Danish history even more so — but Struensee, who died a few years before the start of the American Revolution, might be compared to Thomas Jefferson or Benjamin Franklin. Movie Review: ‘A Royal Affair,’ With Mads Mikkelsen 2012-11-08T22:32:05Z In 1804, when Washington’s school system began, there were only a handful of elementary schools, overseen by a board initially led by Thomas Jefferson. Back to school: An opportunity to work together and learn Miranda consulted with Chernow and aimed to keep his story respectably true to history, even as he rendered Cabinet battles involving Hamilton, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson as intensely rhymed rap showdowns. Pulitzers: Broadway’s ‘Hamilton,’ novel ‘The Sympathizer’ among arts winners 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z A celebrated presidential historian portrays eight chief executives who led America into major conflicts and one — Thomas Jefferson — who refused to do so. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Brains and lungs have cheered up patients at nearby Thomas Jefferson University Hospital — or are given as thank-you presents to doctors. From onions to internal organs, a Philly chocolate company finds humor in the business 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Soon Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Washington and even Hamilton's future wife, Eliza, are adding their poetic encapsulations of Hamilton's Dickensian childhood. 'Hamilton's' revolutionary power is in its hip-hop musical numbers 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z Yet neither he nor Thomas Jefferson nor Abraham Lincoln, whose memorials are framed by the delicate flowers in countless photographs and postcards, ever set eyes on a cherry tree here. Cherry Blossoms in Washington 2012-04-03T19:52:58Z Thomas Jefferson, a villain among board members for coining the phrase “separation of church and state,” would be entirely wiped from grade-school curricula. Viral rewind: Stephen Colbert called out Texas Board of Education for refusing to turn the page on textbook mayhem 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z The wine bottle’s label states: “Thomas Jefferson discovered the wines of St-Georges in 1787. His own words were ‘good quality and good for the health of the American people.’ ” Medieval city on the sea is a repository of French history — and unexpected U.S. connections 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Some artifacts are of profound historical importance, like Thomas Jefferson’s handwritten manuscript of “The Declaration of Independence.” A Library?s Treasures, From Gutenberg to Malcolm X 2011-05-17T12:00:00Z In other words, the divine watchmaker imagined by deists like Isaac Newton, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. Antony Flew, 87, Philosopher and Ex-Atheist, Dies 2010-04-17T02:21:00Z “The goal is to tell all these stories in a way that they become as much a part of the American character as Thomas Jefferson or George Washington or Patrick Henry,” Mr. Seals said. An Awakening in Columbus, a Reckoning in Williamsburg 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Long before its building was complete, for example, the museum staged exhibitions off-site, some on the fraught topics it would confront, such as Thomas Jefferson’s deep involvement with slavery. How the Fight for a National African-American Museum Was Won 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Order the fudge brownie, and it comes with “Thomas Jefferson’s ice cream,” a server proudly says of the cool accompaniment based on the president’s own recipe. An uneven Declaration in Shaw 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Native American imagery had been used since before the country existed to represent the British colonial project, and by Thomas Jefferson to represent the newly formed nation. Review | The American Indian museum comes of age by tackling this country’s lies 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z After the Revolution, evangelicals, mainly Baptists and Methodists, adopted the principle of separation of church and state and helped James Madison and Thomas Jefferson enshrine it in the first amendment to the Constitution. Why Evangelicals Support Donald Trump 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z “The decorator people most aspire to is Thomas Jefferson,” says Michael S. Smith, the Los-Angeles based designer who decorates for the Obamas. The reign of beige: In a political town, design stays neutral 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z He collected a variety of awards and honors, including the Citation of Merit from Yale Law School and the Thomas Jefferson Award in Law from the University of Virginia. Robert Morgenthau, longest-serving Manhattan DA, dies at 99 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z He said that the scattered prefabricated obstacles installed at Thomas Jefferson Park in Harlem represent a missed opportunity. Skateboarders Won 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z His latest, “Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence,” is not the fully transporting sort of book, as was his “American Sphinx” on Thomas Jefferson. ‘Revolutionary Summer’: America on the edge of change 2013-07-04T00:18:56Z And then there’s the kind of work that Jason, Logan and their classmates are doing in the Thomas Jefferson garden. These students are hungry to help Surely, this fastening is largely due to St.-Germain’s fabled expatriate history, beginning with Thomas Jefferson’s stay on what is now the Rue Bonaparte. James Baldwin’s Paris 2014-01-17T21:44:03Z A counterhistory of King George III’s legacy, showing that he may not have been as foolish as Thomas Jefferson and his Revolutionary cohort had everyone believe. Newly Published, From Musical Masterpieces to the End of Trump’s Presidency 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Might Thomas Jefferson and Étienne Parent, I asked, have crept around damp cellars together, tasting young Burgundies in the same manner? Footsteps: Retracing Jefferson?s Steps in Burgundy 2010-06-11T15:39:00Z Her fever dreams include chats with Abigail Adams, Betsy Ross and Thomas Jefferson, all of them Black; a game show hosted by a Black King George and Queen Charlotte; and a “People’s Court”-style trial. Review: Martha Washington, Hilariously Haunted by Her Slaves 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, among others, are played by black and Latino actors, allowing the creators to comment on America’s fractured present through its past, and vice versa. ‘Hamilton’ Heads to Broadway in a Hip-Hop Retelling 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z She graduated from Johns Hopkins University and received a medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Danielle Seiden, Daniel Seidman 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z The author of "Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power" will discuss his book at 7:30 p.m. 'The Art of Power': Thomas Jefferson shapes the republic 2012-11-20T21:35:18Z His characters in the show: Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson. Where You Can See the Stars of ‘Hamilton’ Now 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z The world of "A Free Man of Color" is peopled with broadly drawn, larger-than-life locals as well as historical figures such as Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, James Monroe, and Napoleon Bonaparte. Jeffrey Wright preens in 19th century New Orleans 2010-11-23T03:01:00Z Almost 200 years ago Thomas Jefferson produced a stripped-down gospel harmony styled The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth. Religion is not really about ethics 2011-04-08T17:15:52Z This is the tribute that Michael J. Stephen, a pulmonary expert at Thomas Jefferson University, attempts in “Breath Taking.” No Better Time to Consider Our Lungs 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter were the only two presidents to walk in the inaugural parade from the Capitol to the White House. Inauguration trivia: 17 facts and firsts 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson, while he was America’s ambassador to Paris, was given a demonstration, and he encouraged the development of this later on in the United States. The Queen 2012-06-11T11:00:00Z Long before Richard Nixon landed in hot water, Thomas Jefferson resisted attempts to compel him to testify in court. 25 things you might not know about Thomas Jefferson 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z In a roomful of men watching a wrongfully convicted woman about to be executed, she objects and spitefully quotes Thomas Jefferson at them. "The Alienist" returns, but strains against its beautiful but oh-so-serious corsetry 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z President Trump, following in the footsteps of Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, tweets a video clip from the Internet in which he body-slams a wrestler with a CNN logo superimposed over the wrestler’s head. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Russia Mania, covfefe and the Category 5 weirdness of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z She showed famous scenes like Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette contemplating the revolution in Jefferson's study and the Marquis de Sade in his jail cell in the Bastille Saint-Antoine. Moran writes expertly about Madame Tussaud 2011-03-07T18:58:15Z Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1816 that laws and institutions must “keep pace with the times” or we “might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy.” Reading Between the Lines: in the Law, in Therapy, in True Crime 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson also lamented this absence, but Madison initially failed to see the need for such assurances, which he described as mere “parchment barriers,” easy for “overbearing majorities” to override. James Madison’s Zigzag Path 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z The library’s Thomas Jefferson Building, on Capitol Hill, contains some of the collection’s most interesting objects and much more than books. The world’s biggest library wants to place its treasures at your fingertips 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z That book, by Benjamin Wallace, detailed billionaire collector Bill Koch’s quest to prove bottles he bought that supposedly had been owned by Thomas Jefferson were, in fact, fakes. The stuff of the best 2017 wine reads: Everyman advice, a con man, a legendary region 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Her latest play, Jefferson's Garden, is based on encounters an American ancestor had with Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of America; it will be given a rehearsed reading as part of this retrospective. Timberlake Wertenbaker: 'I'd love to write for Holby City' 2013-01-14T18:45:02Z It's conceivable her records could wind up close to papers of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson. Gloria Molina donates her papers to Huntington Library 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Gordon-Reed, a Pulitzer-winning historian best known for her work on Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, takes a more personal approach in her latest book. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2021 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Most people know a good bit about Thomas Jefferson. Breaking Ground at Monticello 2012-10-01T15:20:06.137Z Because slavery is unthinkable now, does that mean all traces of Thomas Jefferson should disappear from the university he founded? ‘Lost City of Z’ alters history for the sake of modern audiences. Are we okay with that? 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z “Self-evident” is one of the most meaningful words in the Declaration of Independence, a document drafted by Thomas Jefferson but edited by some of his fellow founding fathers. Books of The Times: ‘Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power,’ by Jon Meacham 2012-11-20T22:57:50Z The only way Thomas Jefferson would free a slave is it had to be one of his kids. "Black AF History" author on whitewashing the past: "They have tried every way possible to erase us" 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Dr. Buinewicz, 30, is a second-year resident in psychiatry at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Sophie Palitz, Jacob Buinewicz 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z In another he walks into a strip club dressed as Thomas Jefferson and demands a lapdance from a “big-bottomed, negro woman”. Comedian Eric Andre: 'We don't tell guests a thing ...' 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson still looms over visitors to his temple on the Tidal Basin, but more than 200 miles away, everybody’s clamoring to see him as the outrageous villain in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical, “Hamilton.” ‘Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings’ reimagines his illicit affair 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson was among the first Americans to champion olive oil. Books of The Times: ?Extra Virginity? by Tom Mueller; a Word on Olive Oil - Review 2011-12-07T21:50:14Z There are civil rights champions and abolitionists like Martin Luther King, Jr., Harriet Tubman and Harriet Beecher Stowe, alongside slave-owning presidents such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Trump's unhinged, tone-deaf list of "American heroes" is a fitting emblem of his presidency 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Parroting Barton’s talking points, Johnson has disparaged the constitutional principle of church-state separation by misreading Thomas Jefferson. Mike Johnson's "biblical” economics: Using Christian nationalism to "enhance plutocratic wealth" 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z A favorite conservative technique is to place some delicious quote, concocted in the present, in the mouth of a founder, preferably Thomas Jefferson. Right-wing fake history is making a big comeback — but it never went away 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z “As Thomas Jefferson said, ‘The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.’ Israel losing its window for ground attack on Gaza 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z That power dates from a parliamentary rules manual written by Thomas Jefferson. McCarthy to Face Far-Right Attempt to Oust Him as House Speaker 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z When it comes to his view of the United States government, Representative Bob Good, a right-wing Republican who represents a Virginia district that was once the domain of Thomas Jefferson, doesn’t mince words. The Wrecking-Ball Caucus: How the Far Right Brought Washington to Its Knees 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Worried about the overwhelming number of Asian American students and a lack of Black or Hispanic students, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology changed its rules several years back. Supreme Court to take up guns — possibly abortion, diversity — in 2023 term 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z A bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson stands at a memorial in Washington, D.C. Independence Day 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z It quotes Thomas Jefferson: "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." NASA report finds no evidence that UFOs are extraterrestrial 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z To adapt a phrase from Thomas Jefferson, the tree of liberty must be refreshed with immigrant hope. We need immigrants more than ever. They keep hope in this country alive 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z She also gifted him a miniature replica of Mount Rushmore with his likeness carved alongside George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt. Trump visits South Dakota for rally that Gov. Kristi Noem’s allies hope is vice presidential tryout 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z On it is a quote from Thomas Jefferson: “I cannot live without books.” The quintessential California bookseller behind City Lights gets his moment 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Written by a committee led by Thomas Jefferson, the document was signed by people from all 13 colonies. Independence Day 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z “Since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, America has become hope itself. In his first inaugural address, Thomas Jefferson called America ‘the world’s best hope.’ New bill would provide lift for local news 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z A spokesperson from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Parents challenge Virginia high school’s admissions after affirmative action ruling 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled in May that Thomas Jefferson, a public school in Alexandria, Va., did not discriminate in its admissions. Supreme Court Is Asked to Hear a New Admissions Case on Race 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z “This is a really impressive combination of work,” says Timothy Mosca, a neuroscientist at Thomas Jefferson University, who was not involved in the new research. Worm Brains, Decoded like Never Before, Could Shed Light on Our Own Mind 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Even John Eastman, the attorney who wrote the infamous "coup memo" for Trump, claimed it was an insurrection along the lines of America's separation from Britain, declared by Thomas Jefferson in 1776. Here's how to ban Trump — and other MAGA cultists — from holding public office 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z In a single week at the end of July, five presidents stepped down for various reasons at Stanford University, Texas A&M University, Seton Hall University, Thomas Jefferson University and Berklee College of Music. College presidents jump ship, leave under pressure amid financial woes 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Parents and students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology this week asked the Supreme Court to hear their challenge to the institution’s admissions policy, arguing it discriminates against Asian American students. Parents challenge Virginia high school’s admissions after affirmative action ruling 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z The lanky first baseman was drafted by the New York Yankees in the ninth round of the 1981 amateur draft out of Thomas Jefferson High School in Tampa, Florida. Scott Rolen credits his parents, Fred McGriff thanks fellow players at Hall of Fame induction 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z When Vandy, who has since decided to attend Thomas Jefferson University to study psychology, began applying to colleges, the senior class’s guidance counselor was booked for days at a time, juggling hundreds of students. Students in Pennsylvania school districts plug away while lawmakers dither over funding 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z John Entwistle, MD, PhD, a cardiothoracic academic surgeon at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, explained the process reassuringly to me shortly after I saw him speak in Charleston. How dead is "dead enough"? 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z The presidents of Texas A&M, Thomas Jefferson and Stanford resigned under clouds of scandal or political pressure. College presidents jump ship, leave under pressure amid financial woes 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Watching the horror unfold on the news, Judith saw the far right demonstrators near a statue of Thomas Jefferson in the city. The fight over a Confederate statue in Arlington National Cemetery 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Future president Thomas Jefferson, then secretary of state, argued that the U.S. Landmark First Bank building in Philadelphia to be renovated and will become a museum 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z A case involving a geography-based affirmative action program at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a high-profile public school in Fairfax County, Virginia, is already winding its way through the courts. Race in college admission essays could spark new legal battles, court watchers say 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z For the majority of them — including principal drafters Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and John Adams — their fortunes included slaves, who were treated the opposite of equals. Column: Sorry, founders, we've never been created equal 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z At Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia, another private research university, physician Mark Tykocinski quit after just one year as president and dean of the medical college. College presidents jump ship, leave under pressure amid financial woes 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The Pacific Legal Foundation, a libertarian activist group, has already sued a selective school, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va., for using economic factors as stand-ins for race in admissions. With End of Affirmative Action, a Push for a New Tool: Adversity Scores 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Ironically, Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, both died on the 50th anniversary of the document’s formal adoption, July 4, 1826. What to know about Fourth of July holiday origins and traditions 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, outside the nation’s capital, routinely ranks as one of the best public schools in America; admission is highly competitive. Virginia high school admissions case could be legal follow-up to affirmative action ruling 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Dawood studied law as an undergraduate student at Buckingham University in Britain and later received a master’s in global textile marketing from Philadelphia University, which is now part of Thomas Jefferson University. Shahzada Dawood, Wealthy Executive, Died With Teenage Son Aboard Submersible 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z In 1800, Vice President Thomas Jefferson challenged President John Adams, defeating the incumbent’s bid for a second term. Pence Seeks to Go Where No Vice President Has Gone Before 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z American journalist James Callendar remained anonymous while revealing President Thomas Jefferson had fathered children with Sally Hemings, one of his slaves, it added. Mystery client who hired detective to spy on Reno’s mayor asks Nevada high court to keep name secret 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The painful case of Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, lifelong slave-owner and father of enslaved children, is even more complex. Were the founding fathers "woke"? Well, compared to the modern-day GOP — definitely 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Donica has had roles on TV’s “Charmed” and “Blue Bloods” and also starred as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the Los Angeles and San Francisco companies of the musical “Hamilton.” Jordan Donica, Tony Award nominee for ‘Camelot,’ is Broadway’s rising star 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Indeed, admissions officers at the school, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, known as T.J., are not told the race, sex or name of any applicant. Elite High School’s Admissions Plan May Face Supreme Court Test 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z A federal appeals court upheld the diversity policy at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, ruling Tuesday that the plan survives constitutional scrutiny despite cutting Asian American admissions by 26%. Appeals court upholds school’s diversity policy that curtailed Asian American student admissions 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions, but the Thomas Jefferson case could break new ground. High School Did Not Discriminate Against Asian American Students, Court Rules 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z A prime example of early American classical design is Monticello: Thomas Jefferson’s private estate. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Smith’s ideas spread across the Atlantic, and in 1807 President Thomas Jefferson wrote “Smith’s Wealth of Nations is the best book to be read.” World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Was Thomas Jefferson a great democratic innovator and statesman even though he was a slaveholder — and can those ideas be reconciled? Opinion: Why it matters that Johnny doesn't know history 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z The fan was taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, according to medical personnel on the scene, after he tumbled one level from an open concourse into the Boston bullpen in right-center field. Spectator tumbles over railing into bullpen in Philly 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Its inaugural inauguration was that of Thomas Jefferson in March of 1801. At 225, the President’s (and Sousa’s) Marine Band marches forth 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z This subatomic alchemy took place at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility way back in 2004. Physicists See ‘Strange Matter’ Form inside Atomic Nuclei 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Fun fact: In 1778, Thomas Jefferson wrote in a letter that he was "much disappointed" in the solar eclipse that occurred while he was in Virginia, "which proved to be cloudy." A total solar eclipse will grace North America next year. Here’s why you should start planning now 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z And he loathes the university’s recent portrayal of its founder, and his hero, Thomas Jefferson. At U.Va., an Alumnus Attacked Diversity Programs. Now He Is on the Board. 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Some presidents, such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, were considered good record-keepers. Analysis | Trump sees the Presidential Records Act as his ace. It isn’t. 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson put it best in his 1805 State of the Union address. Opinion | With a heavy weight on his shoulders, Evan Gershkovich is standing tall 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z A few years ago, Rubenstein paid for renovations at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and James Madison’s Montpelier that highlighted the communities of enslaved people who lived and worked there. Rubenstein spent years preserving objects. Now he’s looking for meaning. 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z In an early draft of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson slipped in antislavery language. Review: Although more like C-SPAN than 'Hamilton,' '1776' at Ahmanson is still a solid ride 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Still, Mr. Ryan pledged that “as long as I am president, the University of Virginia will not walk away from Thomas Jefferson.” At U.Va., an Alumnus Attacked Diversity Programs. Now He Is on the Board. 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Let’s venture back to the days of yore and recall that a jumbo hunk of cheese was once presented with much ado to President Thomas Jefferson by a group of admirers from Massachusetts. Supercharged House GOP pushes through more bills than Democrats did 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z As Thomas Jefferson’s chef who, among other things, is largely credited with giving us macaroni and cheese, Hemings worked in the kitchen at Jefferson’s home at Monticello, about a 30-minute drive from Orange. On the Edna Lewis Menu Trail, a toast to an iconic chef and her hometown In a visit to Thomas Jefferson’s plantation, Monticello, in Virginia, he mines the contradictions of the man who wrote “all men are created equal” and also enslaved his own children. Abcarian: Kids deserve to know the truth about America's racist past. Even if it's painful 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Renee Rodriguez, a parent of a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, the school where the problems first surfaced, said she was pleased to see a third-party investigation. Outside review finds no intent in Fairfax schools’ National Merit delays 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The investigation did not identify any Thomas Jefferson student or parent “who believed a student’s admission to their college or university of choice was adversely affected” by the delayed notices, according to the summary. Probe: Delays in district’s schools awards not deliberate 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Masterman is two miles from Independence Hall, where Thomas Jefferson’s pen launched this Republic’s mission to live with the tension between equality and excellence. Opinion | Another revered high school sacrifices excellence on the altar of DEI 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Once you get past George Washington, it doesn’t take long before you are face to face with Thomas Jefferson’s four-decade entanglement with the enslaved Sally Hemings. Sex, lies and … Trump 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Virginia’s wine community has long tied its story to Thomas Jefferson, the nation’s “first oenophile,” who famously believed that his native region could grow world-class wine, though his own attempts at Monticello failed. Perspective | Winery with links to Jefferson acquired by Monticello’s foundation 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Common health conditions that can cause fatigue include depression, iron deficiency, thyroid problems and sleep apnea, said Dr. Nina Mingioni, a professor of medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Are allergies making you tired, or is it COVID … or something else? 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z It also said staff at the impacted schools other than Thomas Jefferson reported that they had not received complaints from parents or the school community regarding the awards notification. Probe: Delays in district’s schools awards not deliberate 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z A few presidents have struggled with it, starting with George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Column: Newsom shouldn't shy away from a State of the State speech 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z He approvingly quotes James Madison’s 1788 warning to Thomas Jefferson: “Wherever the real power in a government lies, there is a danger of oppression.” Ron DeSantis leads charge for more coercive conservative government 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z “As neighbors that share a common history through Thomas Jefferson, this acquisition furthers our ongoing efforts to safeguard the historic and scenic nature of the lands adjacent to Monticello,” Lyon said in an email. Perspective | Winery with links to Jefferson acquired by Monticello’s foundation 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson, that master of contradiction, reflected both sides: a slaveowner who was also the father of religious liberty in law. When liberal institutions fail us: "Envious reversal" and the Hamline University debacle 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Another evangelical thinker, asked about Mr. Adams’ statement, said Thomas Jefferson’s 1802 letter to Connecticut’s Danbury Baptist Association in which the “wall of separation” phrase was first used, has been misread. NYC Mayor Eric Adams has new fans among religious leaders after he rips removal of school prayer 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Fortunately for the driver — and the gravely ill patient waiting for the liver at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital — the runners weren’t the only ones wearing athletic shoes. Half-marathon blocked an organ delivery, so a surgeon sprinted into the race 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Alexander Sentayhu had been charged with destruction of public property after police alleged he rushed to Thomas Jefferson Middle School on June 10 and kicked a door, breaking some glass. Prosecutors drop case against man accused of damaging Arlington school door 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z That spiritual tie to one of the authors of the Declaration of Independence was strengthened in early January when the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which owns and operates Monticello, acquired the nearby Jefferson Vineyards. Perspective | Winery with links to Jefferson acquired by Monticello’s foundation 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson High School served a predominantly Black student population. 13 historical sites that made Central Avenue the cultural lifeline of South L.A. 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z “For the first time,” Carter told The New York Times, “I started comparing my own experiences and knowledge of government with the candidates, not against ‘the presidency’ and not against Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. Carter: Still a model for candidates asking ‘Why not me?’ 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z He has researched buildings and landscapes that shaped slavery in West Africa and the Americas, including at the prestigious public university that Thomas Jefferson founded in Charlottesville. In texts, Youngkin appointee plots ‘battle royale for the soul of UVA’ 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z On June 10, Thomas Jefferson Middle School had been placed on lockdown “in the interest of public safety” because of an assault attempt at a nearby convenience store, police said at the time. Prosecutors drop case against man accused of damaging Arlington school door 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Whippoorwill traveled with enslaved people from Africa to the Americas, where it was eventually grown by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. They call her the godmother of Southern seeds 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The group has opposed changes to the admissions process at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology that reduced the number of Asian students admitted to the prestigious magnet school. Va. Senate Democrats spurn Youngkin picks, including health commissioner 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Here’s my spin: Thomas Jefferson reportedly said that an informed electorate is the cornerstone of a democracy. Why local news outlets are important to communities 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z As Thomas Jefferson declared: “In questions of power ... let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” Opinion | Equal justice means equal standards, too 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Asked what supported this assertion, Youngkin spokeswoman Macaulay Porter pointed to a conversation reported by a parent at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County. Youngkin says Va. law should require schools to inform students of awards 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z We all stand in solidarity with these journalists for, as Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1786, "Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost." Killing the messenger: Joe Biden's disturbing hypocrisy on Julian Assange 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Such game-fowl lore and sentiment abound: George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were devoted rooster fighters. Cockfighting Is Illegal in the U.S. Why Does It Breed so Many Fighting Birds? 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Even if you move forward just a couple of years, to the first really contested presidential election of 1800: The Federalists said Thomas Jefferson is an Illuminati conspiratorial agent who's trying to destroy Christendom. "The apocalyptic mindset is Republican orthodoxy at this point:" How paranoia consumed the GOP 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County faced complaints from parents that the school withheld notification of academic achievements because educators prioritized equity over individual accomplishments. ‘Unacceptable’: Gov. Youngkin rips Virginia schools ‘hiding’ awards from students 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Coalition for TJ, a parent group that is suing Fairfax schools over admission rules for Thomas Jefferson, welcomed the governor’s move. Youngkin says Va. law should require schools to inform students of awards 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Begin with Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, established as a highly selective magnet school in 1985. Opinion | In some Virginia schools, ‘equity’ seems to mean hiding achievement 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Now we discover that not only the principal at Thomas Jefferson made such a “minor error” but at least three other schools — at least two with significant percentages of Asian students — did so as well. Opinion | Virginia’s investigation of Thomas Jefferson High School is warranted 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z These parents also allege racial bias because students of color are the majority of Thomas Jefferson’s student population. Va. attorney general broadens merit awards probe into Fairfax schools 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z The Republican expanded the investigation last week after first launching a civil rights probe on Jan. 4 into the conduct at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. ‘Unacceptable’: Gov. Youngkin rips Virginia schools ‘hiding’ awards from students 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Both The Post and the governor of Virginia have wildly overreacted to the latest news from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. Opinion | Thomas Jefferson’s late National Merit notice is not a catastrophe 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z While campaigning for governor, Youngkin promised to alter the admissions system at Thomas Jefferson. Va. attorney general will probe Thomas Jefferson High admissions, merit awards 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z In 2007, Democrat Keith Ellison from Minnesota, the first Muslim elected to Congress, took the oath using a Quran once owned by Thomas Jefferson. Why this congressman is using Superman comic for swearing-in 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who called for the initial investigation into Thomas Jefferson, said he is withholding his assessment until he knows more. Va. attorney general broadens merit awards probe into Fairfax schools 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z “That doorway at Thomas Jefferson High School is that doorway to the American dream,” he said. Virginia attorney general investigating elite high school 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Some, like Michigan Democratic Rep.-elect Rashida Tlaib, a Muslim, took the opportunity to be sworn in on a Quran belonging to former President Thomas Jefferson. Incoming California House Democrat to be sworn in on Superman comic book worth $5 million 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z The investigations have splintered the Thomas Jefferson community. Va. attorney general will probe Thomas Jefferson High admissions, merit awards 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Miyares has received the governor’s request and “has been carefully reviewing and evaluating the allegations of racial discrimination at Thomas Jefferson School of Science and Technology since the very first public reports,” she said. Youngkin calls for probe of Thomas Jefferson High student awards notification 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Miyares’s investigation into Thomas Jefferson also encompasses its controversial admissions system, which officials reformed in 2020 to take into account factors such as socioeconomic status. Va. attorney general broadens merit awards probe into Fairfax schools 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z The Republican governor called on Attorney General Jason Miyares to look into why more than 1,200 students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology weren’t alerted about their prestigious awards. Youngkin wants investigation into withheld National Merit awards at elite Virginia high school 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z The National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which oversees the competition, advises high schools to notify students of this distinction — a process that did not happen until late this fall at Thomas Jefferson, parents said. Thomas Jefferson High under fire for delay in notifying students of national merit award 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Keesing, now a senior at Stanford University, added that many of the parents who accused Thomas Jefferson of withholding award information also backed the admissions policy lawsuit. Va. attorney general will probe Thomas Jefferson High admissions, merit awards 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z The school system’s superintendent, Michelle Reid, plans to meet with Thomas Jefferson families Tuesday night about the matter. Youngkin calls for probe of Thomas Jefferson High student awards notification 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Even those of us who, like Thomas Jefferson, consider wine a necessity of life, found ourselves exploring retail shelves for lower priced wines that taste more expensive than they are. Perspective | The 13 best bargain wines of 2022 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Some of the artworks reflect the reality that most of the nation’s prominent founders were also enslavers; there are 17 depictions of George Washington, nine of Thomas Jefferson and five of James Madison. Art at Capitol honors 141 enslavers and 13 Confederates. Who are they? With the Commended Students, Fairfax County Public Schools called the delay a “one-time human error” and denied allegations that Thomas Jefferson officials deliberately withheld information from the 261 students receiving that distinction. Thomas Jefferson High under fire for delay in notifying students of national merit award 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Yashar has said Thomas Jefferson administrators told her they wanted to hand out the notifications “discreetly” so students who were not named semifinalists or commended didn’t feel bad about it. Va. attorney general will probe Thomas Jefferson High admissions, merit awards 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z “It’s appropriate for the governor to be concerned about education in the state of Virginia,” said Elaine Maag, parent of a Thomas Jefferson senior. Youngkin calls for probe of Thomas Jefferson High student awards notification 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Raskin cited Thomas Jefferson, saying that he deplored the reverence with which some people look at the original handiwork of the framers when they should be looking to their own experience. Jamie Raskin calls to change Electoral College to national popular vote 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z But we can single out the 10th grade and 12th grade teams from Alexandria’s Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, which took home the national team titles for their grade. D.C.-area scholastic chess tournament smashes attendance records 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z The issue at Thomas Jefferson came to light after parent Shawna Yashar discovered in mid-November her son had been awarded a letter of commendation by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, Nomani said. Thomas Jefferson High under fire for delay in notifying students of national merit award 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Virginia’s top prosecutor said he will launch an investigation into allegations of racial discrimination at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. Va. attorney general will probe Thomas Jefferson High admissions, merit awards 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z A concrete entryway leads visitors through a black-painted hallway filled with quotes from Founding Fathers such as Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. Waterslides and rifles: Inside Florida’s playground for the far right 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z Statues honoring Founding Fathers such as Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, for example, were not erected to celebrate their ownership of enslaved people. Opinion | Richmond’s removal of a final Confederate statue is a joyous milestone 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were concerned about government hostility toward particular religions. Opinion | This case could open the door to discrimination 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Harry Jackson, whose son is a junior, said the issue could have “catastrophic” effects for the student body at Thomas Jefferson — the majority of which are students of color. Thomas Jefferson High under fire for delay in notifying students of national merit award 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z The group of families has also alleged racial bias because students of color make up the majority of Thomas Jefferson’s population. Va. attorney general will probe Thomas Jefferson High admissions, merit awards 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Former CU tight end and Thomas Jefferson alum Daniel Graham believes that with Sanders’ personality and reputation, top high school players both in Colorado and around the country will be seriously considering coming to CU. Deion Sanders says CU Buffs will ‘out-recruit’ rest of country, starts with five-star commitment and naming son QB1 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the second and third presidents of the United States, respectively, died on the same day, within hours of each other. Five of history's craziest coincidences 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z While decrying the West and its ways, Mr. Jiang often recalled how, as a schoolboy, he studied the writings of Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. China’s former president Jiang Zemin, who ruled after Tiananmen, dies at 96 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z He said he had recently been listening to Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical "Hamilton," and was struck by the song "What'd I Miss?," as Thomas Jefferson, the U.S. minister to France, is called home. Disney CEO Bob Iger calls the drive to make streaming profitable a priority 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z US president Thomas Jefferson was an early proponent of the system, purchasing two: One for the White House and another for his house in Monticello. Bob Dylan apologises for machine-printed 'signatures' 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Alan Taylor, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation professor of history at the University of Virginia, has won two Pulitzer Prizes and the Bancroft Prize. Review | Should we celebrate Samuel Adams, or condemn him? 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z In “His Masterly Pen,” a thoroughly engrossing study of Thomas Jefferson, Fred Kaplan demonstrates that he, too, wields a masterly pen. Review | In the writings of Thomas Jefferson, clues to his inner life 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z After Thomas Jefferson asked him to open a foundry in Washington to manufacture weapons, you could say that Foxall transitioned from plowshares into swords. Perspective | Exploring Foxhall Village, a bit of Tudor England in Northwest D.C. 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson is said to have remarked that he only believed in celebrating one birthday — that of the country, on the Fourth of July. Biden to mark his 80th birthday, sort of 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z In the United States, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson in the late 1700s referenced the use of consuls — one in London was tasked with intelligence gathering, records and studies show. Terrorist funders, arms traffickers and drug runners: The global threat of rogue diplomacy 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Newberg, a leader in the emerging field of neurotheology, is research director at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health at Thomas Jefferson University and the author of several books, including “How God Changes Your Brain.” Review | ‘The Varieties of Spiritual Experience’ aims to update a classic 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Police said the 41-year-old suspect was hit twice and was taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where he was later listed in stable condition. Philadelphia transit officer wounds suspect after woman shot, killed 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson was the writer of the Declaration of Independence and our third president, but through his famed Louisiana Purchase he also became, arguably, a founder of the United States’ belief in Manifest Destiny. Opinion | Library of Congress’s Native cultures exhibit is tone-deaf 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z The gallery, in the library’s landmark Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, “will give voice to the pre-Columbian cultures of the Americas,” said John Hessler, the exhibition curator, according to the library statement. Library of Congress gets $10 million for early Americas gallery 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson described this partisan newspaper, The Gazette of the United States, as 'a paper of pure Toryism … disseminating the doctrines of monarchy, aristocracy, and the exclusion of the people.' Republicans and Democrats see news bias only in stories that clearly favor the other party 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. president and himself a winemaker, was a fan of Adlum’s product. Historic farmhouse in NW D.C. on the market for $5 million 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z "I consider a woman who brings a child every two years as more profitable than the best man of the farm," Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1820 of the value of enslaved women. Abortion and authoritarianism: Why women's freedom threatens male supremacy 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z In the halls of Thomas Jefferson High School, whose famous Black alumni include Alvin Ailey and Dexter Gordon, roughly nine in 10 students are Hispanic. In Los Angeles, Politics Are More Complex Than a Racist Recording Indicates 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson and two other ministers to France were also given snuffboxes. ‘Father of American Navy’ helmed Russian ship for Catherine the Great While copper has long been used for roofs — the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building has a wonderful copper dome — it isn’t the easiest material to work with for facades. Perspective | There’s a new copper canyon in downtown Washington 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z A Thomas Jefferson line reads: “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” Michael Flynn goes local to spread Christian nationalism 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Other presidents, including Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and Bill Clinton, have been subpoenaed — not before Congress but in civil, criminal and military proceedings. The presidents and ex-presidents subpoenaed before Trump 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z He brings a sterling résumé — immigrating to the United States in 1975 as a refugee from Vietnam, graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County and then the U.S. Opinion | A Virginia political novice shows the GOP how to stop obsessing about 2020 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z “I begged every single author I knew to write about Sally Hemings,” she said, referring to the enslaved woman who became a mistress of Thomas Jefferson. The Monumental Work and Life of Barbara Chase-Riboud 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z A previous version of this article incorrectly said that Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Northern Virginia had shifted toward using a lottery as part of its admissions process. New York City, embracing merit, rolls back diversity plan for schools 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Step aside, Thomas Jefferson; let’s talk about the man whose devotion to resistance behavior makes him, for some, the most essential figure in the American Revolution. 10 books to add to your reading list in October 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z He had turned off many Democratic-Republicans when, as Thomas Jefferson’s presumed running mate in 1800, Burr had tried to claim the presidency after both men received the same number of electoral votes. A former vice president was tried for treason for an insurrection plot 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z The United States has a rich history of presidential rematches, dating as far back as John Adams, who defeated Thomas Jefferson in 1796 only to lose to him four years later. The Biden-Trump rematch, in many ways, has already begun 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z The Insurrection Act of 1807, which was signed into law by Thomas Jefferson, gives the president authority to call on armed forces in certain situations. From Ivy League to sedition: Oath Keeper chief Stewart Rhodes goes on trial 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z And Barb said, “I go to Thomas Jefferson.” 'Make love, skinny dip and drink expensive champagne': Inside Niecy Nash-Betts' second act 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z "I said, 'Mike, you have a chance to be Thomas Jefferson, or you can be Mike Pence,'" Trump said he told Pence before the Jan. 6 congressional session to certify election results. “I love being with her”: Trump gushes about NY Times' Maggie Haberman in new book — and it’s a doozy 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z The siege at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio began about 1 p.m. Parents besiege Texas high school after false shooting call 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z During the same period, parties that won repeated elections were able to govern, including the Democratic-Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson’s time, the New Deal Democrats and the Reagan Republicans. ‘A Crisis Coming’: The Twin Threats to American Democracy 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in the Fairfax County School Board’s appeal of a judge’s ruling that Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology’s admissions policy was discriminatory and violates the U.S. U.S. court skeptical of challenge to elite Virginia school's admissions policy 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z And Carol said, “Thomas Jefferson? He’s the father of most of my friends.” 'Make love, skinny dip and drink expensive champagne': Inside Niecy Nash-Betts' second act 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Mount Vernon Wine Festival: Like fellow Virginian Thomas Jefferson, George Washington was a wine aficionado, and attempted to cultivate both Madeira and indigenous grapes at Mount Vernon, with disappointing results. Where to celebrate Oktoberfest in the D.C. area 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z They teach that progressivism conflicts with the nation’s founding ideals, and assert that most of the founders — including such slave owners as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison — wanted to end slavery. Conservative college’s curriculum gets foothold in S. Dakota 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z In Richmond at that time, Thomas Jefferson’s state Capitol had been open for only five years. Richmond’s statues fell. Now these sisters aim to lift up Black history. 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Producing wine is a centuries-old tradition at Château Carbonnieux, where Thomas Jefferson visited the vineyards in 1787, before becoming president of the United States, and planted a pecan tree that still stands in a park. Drought forces earliest harvest ever in French wine country 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Fred Kaplan, who focused on Lincoln’s prose in “Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer,” now assesses Thomas Jefferson in “His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer.” Fall books a broad mix of literary and commercial favorites 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Consider Thomas Jefferson’s “All men are created equal” and Thomas Paine’s “These are the times that try men’s souls.” Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z They imagined open lands, economic opportunity, and greater freedom to fulfill the democratic vision originally promoted by Thomas Jefferson despite Native American communities living in the region. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Hjort: She is the half sister of Thomas Jefferson’s dead wife. What’s Actually Being Taught in U.S. History 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Sure, Thomas Jefferson wrote "all men are created equal" while unashamedly owning slaves. How Trump redefined shameless hypocrisy — and made it politically indispensable 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z He noted that the reporting on Ellis been done by “the same newspaper that wants to remove Thomas Jefferson in all regards from the University of Virginia.” Youngkin seeks nearly $400M in tax cuts, takes swipes at Washington 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z He also served as Thomas Jefferson’s vice president and was elected president himself in 1808. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z People enslaved by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and other revolutionaries seized the opportunity for freedom and fled to the British side. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Because of a quirk in the original constitutional framework, John Adams’s defeated opponent, Thomas Jefferson, actually served as his vice president for four years before going on to oust him in 1800. Even on Biden’s Big Day, He’s Still in Trump’s Long Shadow 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z In a poster introducing the U-Va. exhibit, tiki torches have been concealed from a photograph of angry white supremacists surrounding students at the Thomas Jefferson statue on campus. 5 years after deadly rally, Charlottesville wants to tell its own story 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z There’s plenty about slavery at the historical homes of James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, but not so much about their monumental legacies as Founding Fathers, according to a newly released report. Conservatives decry ‘racialist agenda’ at Jefferson’s Monticello, Madison’s Montpelier 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z The key question that faces the courts is whether the establishment clause should be understood as imposing, in Thomas Jefferson’s words, “a wall of separation between church and state.” American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Partisan rancor over the French Revolution and the Whiskey Rebellion fueled the divide between them, and Federalist John Adams defeated his Democratic-Republican rival Thomas Jefferson by a narrow margin of only three electoral votes. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z After all, it was Thomas Jefferson who wrote, “it may be proved that no society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. The earth belongs always to the living generation.” Review: Has ‘Hamilton,’ at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre, aged well? 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Several days a week, Oxlaj Pérez brought soft drinks to sell at the soccer field at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Arlington Heights. Arlington community mourns mother killed in hit-and-run 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z “At Monticello, we are proud of our work to explain and honor the legacy of Thomas Jefferson and his foundational impact on our country and democracy,” a Monticello spokesman said in an email. Conservatives decry ‘racialist agenda’ at Jefferson’s Monticello, Madison’s Montpelier 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z |
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