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Tag Archives: MOnticello
Burying James Monroe – Again
A quarter century after James Monroe died, he was buried. Again. James Monroe, Virginian Like his close friends and Revolutionary companions Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, James Monroe (1758-1831) had strong ties to Virginia. Monroe could arguably considered the one … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, George Washington, James Madison, James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson
Tagged American history, Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Washington, history, Hollywood Cemetery, James Madison, James Monroe, Maria Hester Monroe, MOnticello, Montpelier, Mount Vernon, President James Monroe, Presidential history, Samuel Gouverueur, Thomas Jefferson, US history, Virginia's Presidents
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Martha Randolph: Jefferson’s One Slender Thread
Martha Jefferson Randolph had many advantages as Thomas Jefferson’s daughter, but her life was far from happy. Patsy: The Early Years Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was twenty-seven when he married Martha Wayles Skelton, a twenty-three year old widow with a toddler … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Thomas Jefferson
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Jefferson's daughter Patsy, Jefferson's Monticello plantation, Jefferson's mother Jane Randolph, Jefferson's son-in-law Thomas Randolph, Lucy Jefferson, Martha Jefferson, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Martha Wayles Jefferson, MOnticello, Mrs. Thomas Jefferson, Patsy Jefferson, Patsy Jefferson Randolph, Polly Jefferson, President Thomas Jefferson, Presidential history, Presidential hostess Martha Randolph, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Mann Randolph, U.S. history, White House history
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Thomas Jefferson’s Enlightened Palate
Thomas Jefferson was always a slender man. He ate sparingly – but what he ate was always magnificently prepared from the finest ingredients available. Thomas Jefferson was unquestionably born with a brilliant and curious mind. As the poster child of … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Presidential Sites, Thomas Jefferson
Tagged American history, Colonia Governor Francis Fauquier, Feather Schwartz Foster, Founding Fathers, history, Jefferson in Pariso, Jefferson's kitchen gardens, Jefferson's Monticello, MOnticello, President Thomas Jefferson, Presidential history, the Monticello gardens, Thomas Jefferson, THomas Jefferson the gardener, White House history
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Monticello and Sagamore Hill: Connected in Essence
Presidential homes usually provide the essence of the men who lived there, but none better than Monticello and Sagamore Hill. Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Thomas Jefferson was a Renaissance man of the Enlightenment. He somehow managed to compress half a dozen … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Presidential Sites, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Jefferson, Jefferson's home, MOnticello, Mount Rushmore, Presidential history, presidential homes, Sagamore Hill, T. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, TR, TR's home
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