@HeavenlyPossum that was the #virginia delegation. #madison ended up punting with that effing 3/5 person compromise and it haunted him and us forever. #Washington freed his people. Madison almost broke and his stepson lost the farm, #montpelier. #DolleyMadison died in penury in a boarding house in DC. #jefferson not so noble as Washington, and his daughters sold #monticello in one of the early depressions to admiral Levy. #Adams warned, madison cobbled together and hoped.
https://www.europesays.com/1937199/ Monticello nuclear plant shut down Wednesday after control valve issue #Environment #mn #Monticello #News #nuclear #US #WrightCounty
View of #UVa and #charlottesville looking down from Montalto near #Monticello on a gorgeous day
Turning to modern sculptors & numismatics: I always look for Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, and was not disappointed.
Here is his portrait medallion of Commodore Uriah Levy, the #Jewish naval officer who saved #Jefferson's #Monticello (fine documentary: https://www.menemshafilms.com/the-levys-of-monticello)
7/9
I’m at #Monticello today thinking about #freedom and #democracy. Probably the strangest and most somber #independenceday in my lifetime, and I’m including 2020 #uspolitics
#independenceday #us Not feelin’ it. Maybe a walk at #jamesmadisonsmontpelier nearby will do the trick, or watching #immigrants become new #citizens at #monticello. Considering how #Adams and #jefferson both died on this day 50 years after the #declarationofindependence was edited/penned, then published at great peril by #scots and #irish printers.
Last year I was in #belfast at a little visited exhibit on the people whose thinking, writing, and fighting for their independence informed ours
Travel hint for visitors to #Monticello: skip the $42 house tour and check out the excellent gift shop and (almost unmarked) graveyard in the middle of the parking lot for free. #American #slavery #history
https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/friction-with-monticellos-new-leadership-prompts-another-early-exit/article_3b86abb6-1779-11ef-b572-938bf4fcdb68.html “I wouldn’t have walked away without good cause” Continuing unease at #monticello #histodons #jefferson
Have to agree that replacing the space hogging cloverleaf with a simpler design makes a lot of sense. Same logic could likely be applied to many similarly stupid original designs.
Happy #OldStuffDay!
Here at Monticello, we love old stuff, especially our colleagues at @PreservingMonticello!
In 2023, they launched our first publicly accessible collections database site, a growing source of info on the objects in our collection: http://bit.ly/3uJZ6jP
@TJMonticello #Monticello #database #collections
Glassware in giftshop, Monticello, Virginia. June 1976.
Scanned from a 35mm Kodachrome slide. #OldPhotos #Kodachrome #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #Monticello #Virginia
Limited time promotion for Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest 20 X 16 canvas print. Last ground shipping for Christmas delivery is December 13th:
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The sky above shows some cloud coverage but overall it seems like a bright day as indicated by the shadows cast on and around the house. The lack of any modern elements or cars suggests this photograph might be from several decades ago. There's nothing that indicates current occupancy, hinting at abandonment or a deliberate choice to maintain its rustic charm.
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