Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

Monticello: Thomas Jefferson’s home

Inside Monticello: Historian Susan Stein Takes the Grateful American™ Foundation Through Thomas Jefferson’s Home

Susan Stein has studied and written about one of the nation’s most intriguing Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, for more than 20...

Should the British Have Won the Revolutionary War? Monticello’s VP Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy Explains That — and More!

The British conquered every American city at some stage of the Revolutionary War. So why did they lose the American...

America’s First Wine Connoisseur: Gabriele Rausse on Thomas Jefferson’s Love of Wine

Pour yourself a lovely glass of Burgundy, or perhaps a nice Bordeaux, and sit back and relax as you watch this Grateful...

How much did Thomas Jefferson spend daily on food?

Thomas Jefferson often spent $50 a day (about $900 in 2014 dollars) on groceries for the lavish entertaining that he...

Which of the Founding Fathers did not go to college?

Of the Founding Fathers who became president, only George Washington did not go to college. John Adams graduated from Harvard;...

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