this building looks, probably, a lot more like monticello, the monticello we know.this is the hotel disarm in paris, which was his favorite building over there. he wrote that he was violently smitten by it. this was a mansion that was built for a german prince and it happened that the construction happened the very same years that jefferson was in paris. so, he would go at their from his sham pillars a mansion. this was being built not too far from the eiffel tower on the left, thank you to come back from the champs and sit in the garden on a lawn chair and he would crane his neck and look across to see this building being built. he wrote that you had come home at night with his neck hurting from looking at it all day long. but this is showing off a new form of architecture, french neo-classicism it's called today. a little different from the classical farms that pull ottawa's playing with. instead, there is an emphasis on flow, on humility, on restraint. this is a building with three stories i was meant to look like it was just one story. , so jefferson took some o

i would come to monticello on a very regular basis, because honestly, i love monticello. i love history. i knew my family was associated with this place, i just wasn't sure how. i would come here quite often and every time we were on a tour, the guides would hit two -- up to this point, my imagination has not allowed me to wander into the other direction. we would go on a tour, and i would raise my hand every time, i would say, i'm related to sally helmets. and i would keep moving on, back in 2010 i came with charles and charles is tall and at this point he was a tall teenager. we took a tour. i did the same thing, because i am a person of routine and habit. i say i am related to thomas jefferson and sally hemings. and the guide said, great, your family, you are dignitaries. let me take you on a private tour when this is over. at last, this is happening. unfortunately, i don't know her name, it is lost to history. if anyone listening today can remember, me being there with my son charles, please let me know because i am very grateful to her. she was the first person who i

thank god she did to monticello. she came to us in 2016 as our first public relations and community engagement officer. and it's my delight to welcome her tonight as a colleague. but more importantly as an honored speaker. a common refrain in gail's book is and i quote giving voice to the ancestors. and she does that of course and we try to do that by telling their stories. she describes herself as when i quote a woman whose voice is used as an instrument. not for herself but for those written out of history. a woman who after a lifelong journey founder family her home her purpose end of quote and in part it was because of monticello's work to find and learn from the descendants of its enslaved community. in a project called getting word. that gale found more of her family and their story gail's courageous telling of her story and that of her family. provides an inspiration to all of us and of course gail's book includes the work she has done here since she joined the staff as our first community engagement officer.

he was invited back to monticello. so by this time, you know, the jeffersons had long since lost the house the levy family a jewish family. that was very inspired by jefferson's commitment to religious freedom. they had bought it and they welcomed peter fawcett back. back home, so he had left auctioned off from the west lawn of monticello, and he walked back in as an old man through the front steps. so so the you know, the journeys brought me to many different places both in europe in my mind and considering this this man who had once been my hero, but i now saw more critically. but but at the end i think it left me, you know, very enriched. it definitely definitely thinking that you know, we do need to remember jefferson and along with all these other people at the mountain, you know on monticello mountain. it's a way of remembering this whole time period that we all share in our history as americans. and and it's still left me with many stories of jefferson. that i still that i still enjoyed and and looked at despite

i usually what i went to monticello. i was looking for the hops because hops are very hard to get rid of once they start growing. so, but i did not find them. i have a picture. i believe that there might still be some there. i have a picture that lee grave who some of our viewers might know he wrote a couple books about brewing in colonial in virginia in general sent me a picture that he took somewhere at the estate, but i don't know where exactly so i do believe they're still there, but i don't think okay like promoted or marked or anything. i think yeah blue thing. very cool. okay, i think we are gonna start off with a beer. so hopefully all of you received your your bounce box for the month so you should have four different beers that are around women empowerment that came along with tara's book. and just to give you a little intro on bounce box bounce box is doubles backbone innovation program so currently we're just creating four new beers every month, and then those beers are going to directly to consumers and we r

i don't know, how many of you have been to monticello before? so it exhausts me when i go and see what president jefferson did. i'm always so tired. so i'm really excited to hear what gary did to turn that all into digital asset. >> well, i think we, you know, like everyone else, we had to make this pivot and scramble to think about how we kept relevant content. so, at first it was, let's just get something online. we built a website in 1997. i think that was the first time we had an online presence, as of many of you who have been in this field, for a long time probably for, a decade, there is a lot of back and forth in the museum field, well, does building a museum website prevent people from visiting that type of argument went on for a while. there doesn't seem to be a lot of evidence to that. now of course, digital is so ubiquitous, it is an engagement tool, it went from being may be secondary for us to being primary. we began to think of who these audiences are. there's no such thing, there is no such thing as a general audience. there just

sandling vice president of strategy and chief content officer of the thomas jefferson foundation in monticello. enjoy the discussion of history in technology as well as different digital platforms we used to make our past more accessible and readily available to you all. thank you. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. already an exciting day, love the panels, how many got here early? did you see any, did you go last night to the panel of, oh my gosh wasn't unbelievable? so inspiring. [applause] i just went home last night back to the room with my head spinning on what these individuals had done and that we got to look across 40 years of presidential information from their chiefs of staff. it was unbelievable. so, i hope you enjoy our panel today, and it's about making history accessible through technology, which is near and dear to my heart, being a technology executive for the last 23 years. and in this session we're gonna explore innovative ways that presidential sites, libraries can incorporate cutting edge technology. and if you think about what happened during covid, it's even more impor

personally for me at monticello isn't anything to do with jefferson. actually, it's a it's a piece of chinking that came from that was archaeologically excavated long ago. i think in the 80s so so clay place between logs in a house, you know to seal it up and you can see the fingerprints. of the person who put it there. wow, right and that's been exhibited, but we have 3d up. we've made 3d models of yes for example to use an exhibition so that the original doesn't have to be and you wouldn't know it. i mean unless you could compare, you know by touching the objects so for certain things like that having having partners who particularly in academia, i think is really helpful, but honestly for us we're still we're still pretty small scale. yeah, we're not you know, i mean, this is a question. we still i don't think you know beyond finding those partners we had to develop a lot of it in-house so i created the first manager of digital learning at monticello into the position in 2014. and that took a while and that was from someone who who had worked within

they were always going to monticello. no buses going there, hardly any cars going into ash lawn growing up. sarah found the real house, which in my mind symbolizes the beginning of an authentic history. that included my cousin, george, showing up there, saying, you know,, the article, i think, talked about not having any slaves, any enslaved descendants in the area. george showed up there to say, no, there is a huge family of monroes that settled here. we are still here. that was the first engagement with what became highland. also, sarah worked to -- sarah vaughn harper worked to rename it james monroe's highland. which is what it was called. that is the start of getting it right. what that included was engagement with the monroe family of enslaved descent, descendants of the enslaved. my great great grandfather was ned, edward ned monroe. and he bought about 52 acres outside of, probably about seven, eight miles from highland. and it's still in our family. we still own it. i am probably all over the place here. but it i

the hemmings is or about jefferson as a whole or monticello. it's more personal and without all of the footnotes that you have for a typical historical work. so there in the pandemic sitting there thinking about this and also thinking about my parents. i wonder what my parents who are no longer living what they would have made of this situation where we're all hell hostage the world over by a virus. you know viruses and bacteria tell us who's really in charge on the earth and making that statement very very plainly. keeping me indoors and thinking about what they would have made of this situation and i missed them. writing this book was an opportunity to relive my time with them to remember them and to think about what they had gone through my mother and father essentially me without all of the kinds of opportunities that i had. growing up and i thought about them and i was nostalgic and so writing this was a way of getting back in touch with them. so that was part of it thinking about my family and wanting to put them in history in a way that

they were always going to monticello. no bus is going there. no hardly any cars going into ashland growing up. sarah found the real house, which kind of in my mind symbolizes the beginning of an authentic history. at that place and that included my cousin. i'm george up there saying you know, you know, i think the only back up the article i think talked about not really having any any slave any enslaved descendants in the area and george showed up there to say. no there's a huge family of monroe's that settled here and we're still here and that was the first engagement with with what became highland also it sarah worked to cerebral and harper work to rename it james monroe highland, which is what it was called. so that's the start of getting it right and what that included was. engagement with the monroe family of enslaved descendants of the enslaved. they are my great great grandfather was ned edward ned monroe and he bought about 52 acres outside of the probably about seven eight miles from from highland and and it's still in our family we st

to share with life was like at monticello. >> experience of monticello is so much richer because it embracesy stories, whoever you are, however old you are, pour into every listening. because that is the way things are kept and passed down. oral histories are so crucial. >> and to learn more about slavery and monticello and the oral history project, go to monticello, -- dot org. and coming up, african american descendants of another virginia community learn where their ancestors were enslaved. but there is a unique twist of the story. we'll tell you about it after the break. the break. this tiny payment thing- is a giant pain! hi ladies! alex from u.s. bank! can she help? how about a comprehensive point of sale system... that can track inventory, manage schedules- and customize orders? that's what u.s. bank business essentials is for. (oven explosion) what about a new oven, can u.s. bank help us there? we can serve loans in as fast as 12 minutes. that would be a big help! huge! jumbo! ginormous! woo! -woo! finding ways to make your business boom. that's what u.s. bank is for. we'll get there

we all know monticello, been to monticello, but what other founders? what made their life special?s a lot of people turning off the news. a lot of people are looking for at least something positive. was that part of the reason you wanted to do this? >> yeah. necessarily we have to hit all the stuff that's wrecking the country. i mean, a lot of it is tough on the country, tough on the people, the families. the word "wonderous" is overused, but there's so much that's wonderous about the country that because of the nature of what we do we forget about. there's family stories, not only about our history, but people making new history of the country. america is always evolving. >> jesse? >> yeah? >> you travel the country, you're in wyoming, new orleans, what are the people telling you when you're talking to them? >> they usually say, "what are you doing here?" i don't know why they say that. "why are you here?" usually they say, "thank you." i know you get. they want a sense of hope, fun, debate, information. it's a service. you do a service. i think we forget about that when we're in

while on undone monticello again, say they now have to worry about the shortage of fertilizers as well as weather conditions. as everybody knows this cost diesel is crazy high. so that's going to hurt and you have to get more money for your crop. it's the diesel. yeah, because everyone uses tractors and everything and then after the crop is grown, you gotta take that off diesel and get it to the supermarket. people are having problems with fertilize, they're not getting enough fertilize well. so they're going to come back on their acreage of how much they plan. you're not going to go in there and plant a bunch stuff and then lose it. you can't do that. so you want to make a good cop. so we're gonna do it for as many how much fertilizer you can get besides having to worry about the weather has like you usually have for your bath. they have to worry about, i can't get enough fertilizer and we're going to be able to afford this harvest this crop. once a diesel, everything is crazy. expensive on and staying with the u. s. inflation rate, there has risen in all time high of 8 percent. now b

he was an architect and designed monticello and that is something near and dear to him. the oldest profession is the architect. who do you think created the order out of all the chaos and frankliner said no, you're wron. the oldest profession is the politician. who do you think created the chaos in the first place? and policy has matter to probably more than ever over the last few years and i am pleased to say on issue after issue florida has led the way and i will talk about some of the statistics and outcomes but you don'tt even need to read that yu can just open your eyes and look and see how people behave because not only have we seen an unprecedented w migration into florida for people relocating but we have seen huge increases in tourism. the 2021 with covid still going on we set a domestic tourism recordin in florida. if you look at the first quarter of this year, we represent 45% of all of the tourism coming to the united states going to the state of florida. if you look what we've been able to do with our economy and our itbudget, our fiscal year will d june 30t

jefferson was an architect he designed monticello felt something near and dear he said the world oldest profession is the architect. after all, who do you think created the order out of all the chaos? franklin said no you are wrong. the oldest profession is the politician. who do you think created the chaos in the first place. [laughter] and unfortunately policy has mattered probably more than ever over the last few years. i am pleased to say on issue after issue florida has led the way. and i will talk about some of the statistics and some of the outcomes. but honestly you don't even need to read that. you can open your eyes and look and see how people behave. not only have we seen an unprecedented migration into the state of florida for relocating, we have seen huge increase in tourism. 2021 with covid still going on we set a domestic tourism record in the state of florida. if you look to the first quarter of this year, we represent in the state of florida at 45% of all of the foreign tourism coming into the united states goes to the state of florida. if you look at what we have been

andrew jayashaughnessy is vice president of the thomas jefferson foundation at monticello and saunders director of the robert h smith international center for jefferson studies. his previous books included an empire divided the american revolution and the british caribbean and the men who lost america joining him in conversation is holly brewer burke professor of american history and associate professor at the university of maryland now that's here from andrew o'shaughnessy and holly brewer. thank you for joining us today. hello everyone. thank you so much for coming. i think this is going to be a very fun conversation about a terrific book and an important topic that's it continues to be relevant and powerful. and most particularly the questions are about what is the legacy of the american revolution? what does it mean in terms of? citizenship on especially higher education and how should we understanding conflicts of her ideals versus realities in the complex atmospheres in the republic? but education is currently and especially higher education is currently very strongly deb. ated w

. -- plants that were grown at monticello during thomas jefferson's time, and this is one of her favorite quotes from thomas jefferson that i was grace the garden. the failure of one thing replaced repaired by the success of, another and instead -- this was assigned we kept in the jefferson beds the whole time. how did we decide what to grow? it was easy. with the first family eight. the national park service staff worked with the white house chefs with what they would use in the kitchen, what they would use in state events whether first family would eat. -- the chefs would come down and harvest throughout the year. -- they use some fruit for the first family's private meals, but these are tomatoes and radishes that were also a vegetable kebab that was that one of the state, congressional picnics. i think this was 2015. also the thing that they couldn't use. white house chefs process them for later use. and everything else they could not use was given away to a local soup kitchen. at the end of the summer, the first lady would have another gathering with school kids. they would come out,

this is an interior shot of monticello, by the way. it has mammoth artifacts from george rogers clark. so, in other words, there was tremendous potential for change in 1776. even people like mason and jefferson, who are talking about natural rights into the idea of natural rights, where are the implications of natural rights for is the very. we do not want to end slavery in the moment. in leader bills, jefferson, mason, and others, propose that they wanted to remove a african americans from virginia. this was going to be a requirement for freedom. the laws were gradual. they did not apply to people who are currently enslaved but only those born after the law. they would be free. they had to serve an apprenticeship until the age of 21, maybe to a 28. they would have to leave upon freedom. they talked about creating a black homeland in the west. again, out of indian land. this idea of compact, that included the formerly enslaved was not on the table. the free people had to go. this is why one of the reasons you get migration to ohio duri

plants that were grown in monticello during thomas jefferson some. and this was one of her famous quote by thomas jefferson that always great the garden. failure one thing replaced by the success of one another and instead of one harvest, and continued one throughout the year. so this is a side that was kept in the jefferson beds through the whole time. and how did we decide what to grow? well, it was easy. but the first family eight. and so, the national park service staff would work with the white house chefs and what they would use in the kitchen. but the first family would eat and what they would use for state events. and so, and then, you know, we helped out the first lady's office to make all this happen, and the chef would come down and harvest throughout the year. so spring, summer, figs, leaks, all kinds of things, all through the fall. we helped provide. and yes, they used them for the first family's private meals but these are tomatoes and relishes that are vegetable kebab that was one of the state, the congressional picnics. i think this

and this this is an interior shot of monticello, by the way with artifem with mammoth artifacts. from george rogers clerk so so in other words there was tremendous potential for change in 1776, but you know even even people like mason and jefferson who are talking about natural rights, you know into the idea of natural rights aware of the implication of natural rates for slavery don't want to don't want to enslavery in the moment. so in the later bills that jefferson mason and others proposed, they wanted to remove freed african-americans from virginia that was going to be a quality requirement for freedom. and generally the laws were gradualists that they didn't apply to people currently enslaved. they only applied to people born after the law. so not just people brought in but people born after the law would be free, but they would have to serve an apprenticeship maybe to age 21 maybe to age 28 and they would have to leave. upon freedom so they talked about creating a black homeland. in the west again. you know out of out of indian land and you know, but this this idea the idea

smith and goola monticello, do you think you changed maybe just one person's perspective unless you start with your book. you know, it's it's been interesting to me. there's there's been a sort of acknowledgment that yeah, i knew that there was inequality in higher. this is a company that i was i've known that that things were bad. but i didn't know how bad they were on purpose. is it you or people here? this is people that were people say to you. yes, of course paraphrase, but how bad they were on purpose right the fact that by in you know, the mid 1900s kentucky's doing this big study to understand how underfunded kentucky what would become kentucky state university is and by the 1940s kentucky has the worst appropriation between black and white institutions at 42 to 1, right and the fact that they had known about that for at least three decades at that point. so i think that understanding a new has has. i think that that has happened and people have have told me that that has happened. so it is it is nice to know that it is at least changing people's understanding of what higher educat

oh i and he was at the time getting into being jefferson and he was building a model of monticello on his desk in his office and i remember going into his office and making a crack about jefferson and he looked up at me like you know, what? i'm sorry. i didn't mean to know that's really great. i really enjoyed that. so, you know, i just wondered, you know, do you have a favorite federalist paper a favorite work my hamilton something, you know for my husband and i almost jefferson and hamilton almost become like friends like people, you know and forgive me if i'm projecting but i just assume while you're reading a person so much you feel like you know them. so is there something that has, you know inspired you about hamilton or just the favorite work that brings you back to him is the man you know, and as you compared, you know works between each other and that sort of thing so i could answer that in a lot of ways, but i will mention the first paragraph of the first federalist essay. in which hamilton basically says that it appears to be now this moment when we are going to decide if y