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Thomas Jefferson's William & Mary
Thomas Jefferson first came to Williamsburg to attend William ... Due to the disruption of the Revolutionary War, work on the addition was halted and never resumed. Later, as governor of Virginia and ...
The Museum of the American Revolution will display Thomas Jefferson’s chair and Martin Luther King’s prison bench
When envisioning its major exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, the Museum of ...
President Trump’s revolutionary inaugural address
As Callista and I sat in the Rotunda listening to President Donald Trump’s Inaugural Address, I realized that it was among ...
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The Dinner Table Bargain, June 1790
On a June evening in 1790, Thomas Jefferson hosted one of the ... Many had snatched up the debt for fractions of its face value from Revolutionary War veterans; now undeserving speculators ...
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Historians on John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson will always ... but necessary to protect the nation's security, while Jefferson's refusal to enter the world arena of war might be seen as a weakness.
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‘Father of American Navy’ helmed Russian ship for Catherine the Great
John Paul Jones, American naval hero of the Revolutionary War ... with 408 diamonds and inset with the king’s portrait. Thomas Jefferson and two other ministers to France were also given ...