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A YouTube video shows the May 28 arrest of Adam Kokesh by U.S. park police

'Not appropriate' Dance crackdown continues at Jefferson Memorial

You can dance if you want to, but you might want to leave your friends behind– unless you plan on spending a night in jail. That's what happened in 2008 when a group of D.C. natives staged a silent flash mob at the Jefferson Memorial to commemorate Thomas Jefferson'

'Women Jefferson Loved' author at Monticello

While Sally Hemings, the half-sister of Thomas Jefferson's wife, Martha, is perhaps the best known of the women associated with the th

Snap: Barboursville on a hot and sunny Saturday

Barboursville at 12:17pm on August 28. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER The ruins of

Staunton Augusta Art Center opens "Wine: Maps, Silver, and Glass"

Dutch silver wine beaker (1645). The Staunton Augusta Art Center hosts an opening reception for its new exhibit, "Wine: Maps, Silver, and Glass," f

Staunton Augusta Art Center: "Wine: Maps, Silver, and Glass"

Dutch silver wine beaker (1645). The Staunton Augusta Art Center, in collaboration with the Historic Staunton Foundation and the Augusta Historical

Jouett's poet: Kranish brings British invasion to life

Kranish spent five weeks researching his book in Charlottesville. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Everyone knows what Thomas Jefferson did to ma

Jefferson on beer

The restored beer cellar at Monticello. PHOTO FROM MONTICELLO WSEBSITE Did Thomas Jefferson have a special recipe for beer?

KO'd in Texas: Why new textbooks may shun Jefferson

Will Texas push Jefferson back to Monticello? FILE PHOTOS BY HAWES SPENCER Because one influential education board is s

Building on Jefferson: UVA moves forward with the past

"At first, I hated Cabell Hall," said UVA architectual history professor Richard Guy Wilson, "But the purpose of the big building, I finally realized, was to keep students on the Lawn.

NYT eyes TJ and his Monticello

An odd picture essay in the New York Times explores the flawed genius of the Sage of Monticello.