Celebrate Independence Day with Monticello!

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Jefferson wrote once about Virginia, “Spring and autumn…make a paradise of our country.” Jefferson welcomed spring at Monticello, from the blossoming flowers and gardens to the travel opportunities.

Watch this Q&A with Bill Barker as Thomas Jefferson, where he celebrates spring and talks about how spring affected everyone at Monticello, both free and enslaved.