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Jeffersonian architecture is an American form of Neo-Classicism and/or Neo-Palladianism embodied in the architectural designs of U.S. President and polymath Thomas Jefferson, after whom it is named. These include his home ( Monticello ), his retreat ( Poplar Forest ), the university he founded ( University of Virginia ), and his designs for the ...
The first issue to depict Jefferson was issued in 1856, nine years after the Post Office issued its first two stamps of Washington and Franklin in 1847. Almost as popular and famous as George Washington , Jefferson appears comparatively less often on U.S. postage issues, and unlike Washington and Franklin , appears on just two commemorative ...
"Review of Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty". The Journal of American History. 104 (4): 1002. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 48549093. McGarvie, Mark (2018). "Review of Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty, Boles John B.". The Journal of Southern History. 84 (3): 714–715. ISSN 0022-4642. JSTOR 26536307. Sehat, David (2017). "Thomas ...
Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S. April 2], 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [6] He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence .
White first learned of her Jefferson family lineage as a young girl and years later, she still ponders the emotional complexities associated with Jefferson, the third President of the United ...
The building name was changed on June 13, 1980, to honor former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, who had been a key figure in the establishment of the Library in 1800. Jefferson offered to sell his personal book collection to Congress in September 1814, one month after the British had burned the Capitol in the War of 1812 .
James Madison, shown in an 1804 portrait by Gilbert Stuart, served as Secretary of State under President Thomas Jefferson from 1801-1809, after which he succeeded Jefferson as the country's fourth ...
On July 4, 1947, President Harry S. Truman made an Independence Day address from the West Portico of the Thomas Jefferson home in Monticello. He's pictured here waving his cane as he leaves the ...