Content with his intellectual, architectural and other pursuits at home in Monticello, Thomas Jefferson had no intention of becoming a political leader during the founding of America.

It’s the Fourth of July again at Monticello, an exciting time on the mountaintop overlooking Charlottesville, Virginia. The house is draped with red, white and blue bunting. The West Lawn is set up ...

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

"I cannot live without books; but few will suffice where amusement, and not use, is the only future object." Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, June 10, 1815. In April we celebrate the 271st birthday of ...

I have a heritage livestock operation, including Aberdeen Angus cattle, early breeds of chickens, guinea fowl, peacocks and doves. I also have an apiary with hives of honeybees that live in handwoven ...

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the private nonprofit that owns and operates Monticello, has announced the appointment of Jane Kamensky, PhD, as the new president at Monticello. Kamensky will assume ...

Michael Goldfarb visits the Library of Congress and Jefferson's home at Monticello in Virginia to see how Jefferson's reading shaped the beginnings of American history. Show more Thomas Jefferson was ...