Tag Archives: Monticello

Revolutionary Era Connection in Orlando, Florida?

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Phill Greenwalt

When one mentions the word “Orlando” what is the first thought to pop into your head? Universal? Or maybe two words; “Disney World or Walt Disney?” In all likelihood, the name Francis Wayles Eppes, is not one of the people … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilian, Memory, Monuments, Uncategorized | Tagged Florida, Florida State University, Francis Wayles Eppes, Greenwood Cemetery, Monticello, Orlando, Popular Forest, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia | Leave a comment

Independence and Contradiction: Our Founding Slaveholders

Posted on November 28, 2017 by erwguest

Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes guest historian Michael Aubrecht. A biography of Mr. Aubrecht is attached below. In 2011 an exhibit titled “Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty” started running at the Smithsonian’s American History Museum from January 27, 2012 … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilian, Memory, Personalities, Photography, Slavery | Tagged Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, Dolley Madison, Founding Fathers, George Washington, James Madison, James Monroe, James Polk, John Tyler, Matin Van Buren, Monticello, Montpelier, Mount Vernon, Sally Hemings, Slavery, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses Grant, William Henry Harrison, Zachery Taylor | Leave a comment

Jefferson: Self-governance and “the field of knowledge”

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Phill Greenwalt

The final part in a four-part series “The field of knowledge,” said Thomas Jefferson, “is the common prosperity of all mankind.” Jefferson’s words are inscribed in big bold letters in the entryway of Monticello’s visitor center. They’re written in architectural … Continue reading →

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Mr. Jefferson’s library: “a necessity of life”

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Phill Greenwalt

Part three in a four-part series “I cannot live without books,” Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Adams in June of 1815. The former president had just packed his personal library—some 6,700 volumes—into a wagon train and shipped it north to … Continue reading →

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Jefferson: The Man Who Moved Mountains

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Phill Greenwalt

The second in a four-part series He leveled the top of the mountain with gunpowder. He began the project in 1768, when he was twenty-five. He had his slaves literally sheer off the tip of the mountaintop, peeling away soil … Continue reading →

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