Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello is seeking to “Embrace the Climb” with a 10-year strategic plan that has been two years in the making. The vision’s name is taken from a quote from Jefferson in 1786: ...

Daniel P. Jordan, who as president of the foundation that owns Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s plantation in Virginia, broadened its educational mission — and, perhaps most significant, commissioned a ...

It’s hard to think of Charlottesville, Virginia, without thinking of one of its most famous residents, but the city council has voted to remove Thomas Jefferson’s birthday from the list of city ...

Former President Thomas Jefferson's hometown of Charlottesville, Va. was wrong to scrap its commemoration of the Founding Father's birthday, according to a western philosophy professor. Jason Hill ...

One of Charlottesville, Virginia’s most famous residents no longer has a holiday named for him, after the city council voted to end its celebration. The Charlottesville City Council voted 4-1 Monday ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Just a few miles from Keswick Hall stands Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's historic home. Jefferson designed the Roman neoclassic mansion, which is the only house in the U.S. on ...

The University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello will present the 2021 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture to acclaimed architect Francis Kéré, known for his ...

Retired Magistrate Judge James Cott recounts a tour he recently took at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home in Charlottesville, Virginia, which focused on the relationship between Jefferson and John ...

Thursday, July 5, 2018 -- A new exhibit at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's mountaintop home hear Charlottesville, Va., underscores the fact that the Jefferson estate was an epicenter of racial mixing ...

“To take Thomas Jefferson’s birthday off the calendar and add this is a big deal.” The switch is the latest sign of a city struggling to come to grips with its past. The reckoning began with the legal ...

University of Virginia students agree that being a slaveholder was a stain on former President Thomas Jefferson's legacy, but differ in their views on whether it made him unworthy of being honored ...