Monticello Blog
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Today marks 100 days on the mountaintop for our new president, Dr. Jane Kamensky! Since Dr. Kamensky’s arrival in mid-January, she’s dived into her role, connected with colleagues across departments, and laid the groundwork for important initiatives ahead—including the generational opportunity that is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 2026. Get a behind-the-scenes look in today’s blog.
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Today we at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello are saddened to announce the recent passing of two former leaders, Brenton S. Halsey and Alice Warner Handy. Both were key players in the Foundation's and Monticello's history, contributing immensely to its stability and growth.
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It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of former Thomas Jefferson Foundation Trustee and Board Chairman, Thomas A. Saunders III.
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We at Monticello are saddened by the recent passing of historian and biographer David McCullough. His accolades speak to the significant impact of his career...
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The recent news cycle has seen a number of articles and a television interview proclaiming that Monticello is no longer a place where you can learn about Thomas Jefferson’s contributions to American history. Instead, these stories claim that the only thing you can learn is that Jefferson was a slaveholder. These stories are disappointing and inaccurate, but not at all surprising.
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Read about Monticello descendant William Monroe Trotter's quixotic journey to Paris in 1919 to participate in post-World-War-I peace negotiations at Versailles.
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Thomas Jefferson returns to the mountaintop.
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Why the Virginia Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom is the key to political freedom and free thought.
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On December 28, 1993, Monticello Getting Word historians Lucia "Cinder" Stanton, Dianne Swann-Wright, and Beverly Gray traveled to Chillicothe, Ohio to interview five members of the Pettiford family—three of whom were descendants of Madison Hemings.
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“Rebellion to tyrants is Obedience to God” – We have come to think of this impassioned phrase as distinctly Jefferson, but there’s more to this story.