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Born on April 13, 1743, Thomas Jefferson is best remembered as the author of the Declaration of Independence. But Jefferson's interests and talents covered an amazing range.
History.com's Thomas Jefferson exhibit is part of their American Presidents series, and my multimedia pick of the day.
Clay Jenkinson, "one of the nation's leading interpreters of the life and achievements of Thomas Jefferson," performs costumed first-person portrayals of Jefferson on stage and radio.
Jefferson's first use of the name "Monticello" for his Virginia plantation appears in his August 3, 1767 Garden Book entry: "inoculated common cherry buds into stocks of large kind at Monticello.
"Our plan was that we were going to make Jefferson human, that this film was going to get past the icon and bring the man alive."
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
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