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

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Situated on a mountain top outside Charlottesville, Virginia, is Monticello, a 5,000 acre plantation that was Thomas Jefferson's beloved home. Jefferson was not only the author ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...