Join Monticello as we celebrate Civic Season with an outstanding summer line-up of events that you won’t want to miss.
From June 14 - July 4, we’ll host a series of talks, dinners, and conversations about the nation’s history, the founding ideals of the country, and the challenges that persist today.
From our newest federal holiday, Juneteenth, to our oldest, the 4th of July, Civic Season is a time to explore your story and how it connects to U.S. history through events, activities, and resources from credible sources.
Civic Season is the flagship program from Made By Us, a network of hundreds of museums, historic sites, libraries, and archives unleashing access to history for younger generations who have the most at stake.
Join Monticello and Virginia Public Media (VPM) for a special program with award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns and his co-director Sarah Botstein. The evening includes a sneak peek of the forthcoming The American Revolution series and a panel discussion.
Every July 4, Monticello hosts an official naturalization ceremony on the West Lawn where dozens of immigrants from around the world become U.S. citizens. This year's keynote speaker is award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns. Join us in person or tune in to the livestream!
Learn more about the origins of Civic Season
Conversations about society, politics, and community shape life in the United States. Thomas Jefferson understood this and hosted dinners known for stunning food and sparking conversation. Host your own with our Feast of Reason dinner game!
We’ve gathered stories in the form of videos, biographies, podcasts, and more to create a hub of civics content. This material is woven together to bring history forward by examining the debates -- over education, religion, equality, immigration, voting, partisanship, the press, wealth, debt, and compromises -- that began in 1776 and continue to the modern day.
How have the words and ideas in the Declaration of Independence impacted human rights around the world?
Explore our archive of livestreams that include topics such as elections, political figures, and early American history.
A New York Times best-selling book by Jon Meacham with selections from Jefferson’s writing on the covenant between a government and its citizens and comments by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed, Colin Powell, Madeleine Albright, Frederick Douglass, Carl Sagan, and other American presidents.
