In the summer of 1774 Jefferson retreated to Monticello and wrote a secret plea meant to avert disputes with the British — a ...

Three first-year students recently took the Thomas Jefferson Foundation up on its offer. Here are their stories.

When British forces under Benedict Arnold sailed up the James River to invade Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, then Governor, hesitated and then fled. Years later he returned to power and became president.

Even as late as the 20th century, Thomas Jefferson wasn’t known as a self-trained architect. Most of his known buildings were ...

"Our perception of life at Monticello has changed dramatically over the past quarter century. The image of an estate presided over by a benevolent Thomas Jefferson has given way to a more complex view ...

It’s a well-known story. In April of 1775, an American patriot receives intelligence communicated by lantern light and travels on horseback from Charlestown to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn his ...

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello was hit by a ransomware attack this week that knocked out the historic home’s electronic systems. The attack was discovered Tuesday, and since then Monticello has not ...

A hundred years after the Thomas Jefferson Foundation bought the property, the former estate of the Charlottesville area’s most famous native son was in a thick and surreal fog. While typically one ...