My husband and I visited Monticello a few years ago. Amazing. The history and viewing all of Jefferson’s personal possessions was unbelievable. Our tourist guide said about 2/3 of the furniture were his with some donated from private owners. Hopefully more have been added since we were there.
I believe the painting at 2:15 shows Salome with the head of John the Baptist on a platter. Although Jefferson had no use for organized religion he was a great intellectual with many interests and knew the bible very well. Remember, he was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom which was the foundation and precursor to the First Amendment to the US Constitution. (Look it up!)
Thanks for posting. Just reading the book on John Adams by David Mc Cullough. He and Jefferson were so different. Looked at the Adam’s house and now seeing Jefferson’s says it all. Would love to get there one day. Good to see a young man interested in history! These guys were not perfect (like us!) but they gave us the opportunity to pursue liberty and happiness unlike any other nation in the world. Again thank you for the tour!
Jefferson passed laws prohibiting slavery, his slaves were family, he educated them, they had jobs like by today's standards, he saved them from brutal slave traders. and further advocated against slavery. I'm the great granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson I, who is the Grandfather of President Jefferson. Jefferson I owned all of the lands that were inherited. From what I've read on the DNA results are that it proved they are Jeffersons, but it did not prove it was President Jefferson's line, it could be his Brother. Martha Jefferson Goode and Colonel Bennett Goode are my Grandparents. We welcome all cousins in this lineage and so glad that we have them all.
I'm the great grand daughter of chief pushamataha. My grandfather and your grandfather were close friends even though history records never show it. Also Jefferson said that my grandfather be buried in the congressional cemetery where Jefferson attended the funeral.
My classmates used to go to New York. My immediate classmates including me went to Williamsburg. Because of 9/11. I hope every American gets to see this houses played tag in the yard and saw how the slaves were housed - also saw the cemetery. But played hide and seek on this huge estate not knowing how important it was to every Americans heritage. Black or white. But I’ve never seen that many guns in my life
Why? There is plenty out there about Hemmings. Not everything about Thomas Jefferson has to include Sally Hemmings. Thomas Jefferson is so much more than Sally Hemmings. BTW , dna shows family line. He's one of 24 other men. I use to assume he was the father of her kids. It wasn't until I read opposing views that I now question if he is the father. Maybe someday technology will be able to pinpoint the father. But until it does, I'm sitting on the fence. What...just what if....he is NOT the father. Boy, will Monticello be wiping the egg off their face. I certainly would not feel comfortable betting everything I own on TJ being the father.
Well than..Long ago I was known as Thomas Jefferson.We had the Apache and Navajo Army Scouts watch over an support of Washington,DC.Gold was transported from the reservation for the military ,all these years,it their payroll,Take Care of us again U.S. Soldiers.
Jefferson did NOT get a lot of his "architectural ideas", as you call it, from France. You're simply wrong! Jeffersons ideas, and ideals, regarding architecture were more or less basically solidified for him through his personal studies early in his life of ancient Roman and Greek architecture as interpreted by Palladio. His first name was Andrew or Andreas or something close.
My husband and I visited Monticello a few years ago. Amazing. The history and viewing all of Jefferson’s personal possessions was unbelievable. Our tourist guide said about 2/3 of the furniture were his with some donated from private owners. Hopefully more have been added since we were there.
I believe the painting at 2:15 shows Salome with the head of John the Baptist on a platter. Although Jefferson had no use for organized religion he was a great intellectual with many interests and knew the bible very well. Remember, he was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom which was the foundation and precursor to the First Amendment to the US Constitution. (Look it up!)
Nice video
Thank You.
thank you for this tour....I was there a few years ago and some things have changed....so nice!
Thanks for posting. Just reading the book on John Adams by David Mc Cullough. He and Jefferson were so different. Looked at the Adam’s house and now seeing Jefferson’s says it all. Would love to get there one day. Good to see a young man interested in history! These guys were not perfect (like us!) but they gave us the opportunity to pursue liberty and happiness unlike any other nation in the world. Again thank you for the tour!
Nice tour man, what a great piece of history.
I just toured this site. Your video is very interesting and I enjoyed it.
Thanks for making this, really great to see. Had no idea he had portraits and busts of famous men.
Thank you for posting this video. I already wanted to make the trip from Chicago but now I desperately want to go.
Loved visiting here as a kid in the 80s.
Good video.
Love visiting
Jefferson passed laws prohibiting slavery, his slaves were family, he educated them, they had jobs like by today's standards, he saved them from brutal slave traders. and further advocated against slavery.
I'm the great granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson I, who is the Grandfather of President Jefferson. Jefferson I owned all of the lands that were inherited. From what I've read on the DNA results are that it proved they are Jeffersons, but it did not prove it was President Jefferson's line, it could be his Brother.
Martha Jefferson Goode and Colonel Bennett Goode are my Grandparents. We welcome all cousins in this lineage and so glad that we have them all.
I'm the great grand daughter of chief pushamataha. My grandfather and your grandfather were close friends even though history records never show it. Also Jefferson said that my grandfather be buried in the congressional cemetery where Jefferson attended the funeral.
Jefferson OWNED slaves and enslaved his own children with Hemmings.
It is an amazing place.
Where was Sally Hemings room
Nice video. Ignore the asinine comments.
Chrome yellow. Who knew!
My classmates used to go to New York. My immediate classmates including me went to Williamsburg. Because of 9/11. I hope every American gets to see this houses played tag in the yard and saw how the slaves were housed - also saw the cemetery. But played hide and seek on this huge estate not knowing how important it was to every Americans heritage. Black or white. But I’ve never seen that many guns in my life
You should talked more about sally hemings
Why? There is plenty out there about Hemmings. Not everything about Thomas Jefferson has to include Sally Hemmings. Thomas Jefferson is so much more than Sally Hemmings. BTW , dna shows family line. He's one of 24 other men. I use to assume he was the father of her kids. It wasn't until I read opposing views that I now question if he is the father. Maybe someday technology will be able to pinpoint the father. But until it does, I'm sitting on the fence. What...just what if....he is NOT the father. Boy, will Monticello be wiping the egg off their face. I certainly would not feel comfortable betting everything I own on TJ being the father.
Well than..Long ago I was known as Thomas Jefferson.We had the Apache and Navajo Army Scouts watch over an support of Washington,DC.Gold was transported from the reservation for the military ,all these years,it their payroll,Take Care of us again U.S. Soldiers.
Great Virginia President
I lost respect for Jefferson after the Sally Hemings story was made public…
Who cares. We the people will always honor him. We also honor Sally!
Didn’t he not live there for like fifty years and then they tried to “re-create”?
Does anyone else know who else died the same day as Thomas Jefferson on July 4th, 1826?
You SHOULD have a lot to say about Thomas Jefferson because the sad fact is that most people, or most Americans, do not know "the story".
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Exactly
Could of gone without the crazy music
Best president but also human being with all that entails good and awful
Love the masks, lol
Jefferson did NOT get a lot of his "architectural ideas", as you call it, from France. You're simply wrong!
Jeffersons ideas, and ideals, regarding architecture were more or less basically solidified for him through his personal studies early in his life of ancient Roman and Greek architecture as interpreted by Palladio. His first name was Andrew or Andreas or something close.
CHANGE YOUR BACKGROUND MUSIC!!! Very distracting! You should use classical violin music as that's what Jefferson would have played.
why are you wearing a mask? are you going to steal something?
I've been there back in 2003, unforgettable! What a great man he was! Jefferson even wanted to abolish slavery back in those times!
Even though “he” owned & operated slaves!
FALSE!
@kg3322 You've never been to Monticello, the guide told be about that! he wanted to promote that law, but his fellow farmers told him not to do that!