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  • Thomas Jefferson - 3rd President of the United States Documentary

    01/21/2024 2:02:09 PM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 5 replies
    The man known to history as Thomas Jefferson was born on the 13th of April 1743 at his 0:09 father’s estate of Shadwell in Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia. 0:16 His father Peter Jefferson was a surveyor and planter who owned several plantations 0:21 in Virginia, including the tobacco plantation of Shadwell which he founded in the 1730s, 0:27 worked by slaves and free labourers. At the time Virginia was one of the thirteen British colonies in North America, but in 0:35 just over three decades it would become one of the leading states behind the creation 0:40...
  • Commander in Chief: Barbary Pirates

    04/30/2023 1:22:56 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 14 replies
    Bill of Rights Institute ^ | prior to April 30, 2023 | BRI
    Summary: As soon as it became an independent nation, the US faced an "unconventional enemy" in the Barbary Pirates who had controlled the Mediterranean Sea for hundreds of years. Presidents George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison all exercised their power as Commander in Chief in various ways to deal with the threat posed by the pirates before Madison was eventually able to declare victory against them.Narrative: It was the end of the eighteenth century, and for hundreds of years, pirates from the Islamic countries on the coast of North Africa had controlled the Mediterranean Sea. They plundered...
  • Thomas Jefferson's Birthday: Immortal Words

    04/13/2023 6:20:38 AM PDT · by Ozguy1945 · 3 replies
    Thomas Jefferson was born 280 years ago today in 1743. He wrote a first draft which a committee turned into these immortal words ........ "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Jefferson wrote the following himself: ............. "In matters of style swim with the current: in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
  • Thomas Jefferson Day – April 13, 2023

    04/10/2023 5:09:05 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 3 replies
    National Today ^ | National Today
    Thomas Jefferson Day on April 13 celebrates the birthday of Thomas Jefferson — the third president of the United States. He held office from 1801 to 1809, he was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and he was one of the most influential Founding Fathers. Jefferson is also known for his promotion of the ideals of Republicanism in the United States. During his presidency, he oversaw major events in American history such as the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Jefferson is remembered for many remarkable achievements. His most significant achievement was...
  • The Jefferson Bible Hoax: What is the origin of the charge that Thomas Jefferson hated the Bible and therefore made his own?

    01/22/2023 3:57:33 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 89 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 01/22/2023 | Craig Seibert
    There is a concerted effort to destroy the very foundations of our constitutional republic. Public schools have been ground zero of this attack for decades, though it has been hidden from view from those not paying attention. But it is now out in full view, with the radical advancement of Critical Race Theory and the rewriting of American History. Fake History’s ultimate target is the foundation of the United States and the Founders themselves. If you can discredit or marginalize the Founders, you can marginalize their ideas and principles and then discard them. As we just passed Religious Freedom Day,...
  • Radicals on the Ballot

    10/31/2022 2:57:52 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 4 replies
    Rumble ^ | October 31, 2022 | Mark Levin Show
    What is this midterm election really about? Watch as Mark literally tears through the radical left’s agenda and why their policies and ideologies are tearing the country apart.
  • Woke home of founder James Madison tries to ease outrage over biased history

    08/20/2022 10:25:02 AM PDT · by Bloodandgravy · 20 replies
    NY Post ^ | August 20, 2022 | Mary Kay Linge
    Woke staffers at James Madison’s Montpelier are scrambling to give themselves a patriotic image makeover — after public outcry over The Post’s report on the shameful treatment the Founding Father has been receiving at his own Virginia home. Inflammatory political content was scrubbed from the landmark’s website within days of The Post’s July report. Just this week, Montpelier announced a freshly expanded, month-long “Constitution Day” celebration to mark the Sept. 17 anniversary of the document’s adoption.
  • Exclusive — University of Virginia Newspaper Calls to Remove Thomas Jefferson: ‘Buildings Must Be Renamed and Memorials Removed’

    08/19/2022 4:24:22 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 91 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 08/19/2022 | Breccan F. Thies
    The editorial board of the University of Virginia’s newspaper has called to remove references to University founder and Founding Father Thomas Jefferson. The University and the greater Charlottesville, Virginia, area in which it is located has taken it upon themselves to be defined not by academics, or history, or any other trait. Rather, those in charge of local government and University administration prefer to be defined by a single characteristic: the August 12, 2017, “Unite the Right” rally.
  • A NEW DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN 2022

    08/11/2022 12:10:55 PM PDT · by Perseverando · 14 replies
    Intellectual Conservative ^ | August 9, 2022 | Thomas Jefferson, Jr.
    A hypothetical declaration for your consideration: When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for people to dissolve the political bonds that have connected them to a government, and to establish a new government to which the laws of Nature and God entitle them, they should declare the causes that impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all people are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted...
  • Mark Levin: Jan 6 Committee has no evidence Trump committed any of these crimes

    07/31/2022 7:50:09 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 18 replies
    Fox News ^ | Jul 31, 2022 1 hour ago | Mark Levin
    Fox News host Mark Levin gives viewers a history lesson on the presidential election of 1800 and slams the left's Jan. 6 Committee for criminalizing politics on 'Life, Liberty & Levin.'
  • ‘Woke’ billionaire who trashed the Founding Fathers has profited off Natives, oil

    07/30/2022 9:00:41 AM PDT · by Angelino97 · 21 replies
    New York Post ^ | July 30, 2022 | Dana Kennedy
    Since 2013, Rubenstein, 72, who co-founded the private equity giant the Carlyle Group, has given millions to entities that repair and upgrade historical monuments and landmarks like the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument as well as Monticello and Montpelier, the homes of US presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. But some say the restoration at the presidential homes has recast the presidents as sinister racists while downplaying their accomplishments... But a quick dive into Rubenstein’s backstory shows he’s not so pure himself. He made his initial fortune in the 1980s by exploiting a tax loophole in Alaska allowing him...
  • Founding father James Madison sidelined by woke history in his own home

    07/16/2022 10:23:58 AM PDT · by DFG · 30 replies
    NY Post ^ | 07/16/2022 | Mary Kay Linge and Jon Levine
    The globalist billionaire who funded the woke transformation of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello paid for a similar overhaul of James Madison’s house — where the author of the US Constitution has been shoved into a supporting role, while slavery and racism take center stage. No American flags fly at Montpelier, Madison’s plantation home in rural Virginia, and not a single display focuses on the life and accomplishments of America’s foremost political philosopher, who created our three-branch federal system of government, wrote the Bill of Rights and the Federalist Papers, and served two terms as president. Instead, blindsided tourists are hammered by...
  • Memoir, Correspondence and Miscellanies, Volume I, from the papers of Thomas Jefferson

    07/13/2022 12:05:39 PM PDT · by ProgressingAmerica · 5 replies
    Librivox ^ | 2022-03-22
    This is the first volume of Thomas Jefferson's public and private writings edited and compiled by his oldest grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph and published three years after the president's death. There are a total of four volumes in Randolph's set. Summary by Joel Kindrick.
  • Monticello is going woke — and trashing Thomas Jefferson’s legacy in the process

    07/09/2022 2:52:46 PM PDT · by DFG · 71 replies
    NY Post ^ | 07/09/2022 | Mary Kay Linge and Jon Levine
    Monticello is going woke — and trashing Thomas Jefferson’s good name in the process. The Charlottesville, Virginia, home of the Founding Father and America’s third president is one of our best-known national monuments, familiar from its appearance on the nickel since 1938. But the hilltop mansion designed by Jefferson himself, once preserved as a tribute to the author of the Declaration of Independence, now offers visitors a harangue on the horrors of slavery. “The whole thing has the feel of propaganda and manipulation,” Jeffrey Tucker, founder of the libertarian Brownstone Institute and a recent visitor, told The Post. “People on...
  • Monticello Visitors Shocked After Discovering Tour of Jefferson's Home Has a Woke New Spin

    07/11/2022 4:09:25 PM PDT · by MarvinStinson · 21 replies
    westernjournal ^ | July 10, 2022 | Andrew Jose
    The Thomas Jefferson Foundation has drawn criticism for transforming Thomas Jefferson’s Charlottesville, Virginia, home into an exhibit on slavery. The foundation manages Monticello — the primary plantation and residence of the founding father and third president of the United States. Monticello was once a tribute to a man who helped draft the Declaration of Independence — the founding document of the U.S. Now, the plantation’s management has transformed it into a site that emphasizes the fact that Jefferson enslaved people. Monticello “offers visitors a harangue on the horrors of slavery.” According to Monticello’s website, one of the ticketed tours on...
  • Monticello Visitors Shocked After Discovering Tour of Jefferson's Home Has a Woke New Spin

    The Thomas Jefferson Foundation has drawn criticism for transforming Thomas Jefferson’s Charlottesville, Virginia, home into an exhibit on slavery. The foundation manages Monticello — the primary plantation and residence of the founding father and third president of the United States. Monticello was once a tribute to a man who helped draft the Declaration of Independence — the founding document of the U.S. Now, the plantation’s management has transformed it into a site that emphasizes the fact that Jefferson enslaved people, the New York Post reported. As the New York Post puts it, Monticello “offers visitors a harangue on the horrors...
  • JEFFERSON & ADAMS — 50 years after the Declaration of Independence - they died the SAME DAY, July 4, 1826 - American Minute with Bill Federer

    07/04/2022 10:49:26 AM PDT · by Perseverando · 20 replies
    American Minute ^ | July 4, 2022 | Bill Federer
    Both served in the Continental Congress. Both signed the Declaration of Independence. Both served as U.S. Ministers in France. Both were U.S. Presidents, one elected the 2nd President and the other the 3rd. Download as PDF ... Once political enemies, they became close friends in later life. An awe swept America when they both died on the same day, JULY 4, 1826, exactly 50 years since they approved the Declaration of Independence. Their names were John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson's handwritten Declaration of Independence used the wording "inalienable rights" as seen in the copies at the American Philosophical...
  • Mark Halowchak on Thomas Jefferson

    05/10/2022 11:31:09 AM PDT · by OddLane · 1 replies
    Conversations That Matter ^ | 5/10/22 | Jon Harris
    Jon sits down with Dr. Mark Halowchak to talk about the life and legacy of Thomas Jefferson.
  • The Feuding Fathers

    06/26/2010 7:02:43 AM PDT · by Palter · 17 replies
    WSJ ^ | 26 June 2010 | Ron Chernow
    In the American imagination, the founding era shimmers as the golden age of political discourse, a time when philosopher-kings strode the public stage, dispensing wisdom with gentle civility. We prefer to believe that these courtly figures, with their powdered hair and buckled shoes, showed impeccable manners in their political dealings. The appeal of this image seems obvious at a time when many Americans lament the partisan venom and character assassination that have permeated the political process. Unfortunately, this anodyne image of the early republic can be quite misleading. However hard it may be to picture the founders resorting to rough-and-tumble...
  • Yazidi Islamic State survivor latest victim of 'cancel culture'

    12/23/2021 8:35:21 PM PST · by Conservat1 · 11 replies
    Jpost ^ | Dec 18, 2021 | Z. Huff
    This past week, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad was the latest victim of the West’s cancel culture, as she was disinvited from a book event by Canada’s Toronto District School Board. Alongside colonialism, imperialism, and nation-building, “cancel culture” is the latest of toxic Western ideas to be foisted upon the Middle East. This past week, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad was the latest victim of the West’s cancel culture, as she was disinvited from a book event by Canada’s Toronto District School Board. This may sound trivial, but it’s a big deal. Murad is a member...