with thomas jefferson, we have the opposite, right? we have, like, thomas jefferson counting the shuffle fulls of dirt it took to bury his best friend's body. come on, y'all. that's creepy, right? that's real specific, right? thomas jefferson is a man who was really focused on precision. so we know a lot about the people who were enslaved there and not only from his records but their own oral histories, their own regards, documents, archaeology and ongoing history that teaches us more and more about it. we want to focus on those stories. we want to tell about the lives of the people who suffered most here at monticello, but whose lives really impacted american history and helped us understand who we are as a people. i'm going to close with one last thing. everybody know what that is? this has been a very strange year to live in charlottesville, virginia. and i will say that, yes, our focus is on individual agency and, gentlemyes, we are committ telling the stories to recognize the agency of those who were denied it, but we're also comm

thomas jefferson was focused on precision. we know a lot about the people who were enslaved there and from their own records and primary documents and ongoing history that teaches us more and more about it. we want to focus on those stories, we want to tell about the lives of the people who suffered most at monticello, but whose lives impacted american history and helped us understand who we are as a people. i will close with one last thing. this is been a strange year to live in charlottesville, virginia. i will say that our focus is on individual agency and we are committed to telling the stories, to recognize the agency of those who were denied it. we are also committed to understanding the legacies of slavery and helping our guests understand it as well. one of the things i hear the most often from people as we did not invent slavery in america. that is true. slavery did not end with the emancipation proclamation, that is also true. slavery in america is different from slavery everywhere else in the world because of the wa

you required to say who thomas jefferson was and that the jewish family that bought monticello after son's death save the home from the structure because of there interest of jefferson's ideas on religious freedom. that's it. that's all i have to say. if i go through to her and the guy has not mention the declaration of independence at all, we will talk, but the idea is you have to talk about slavery. you have to. but we don't script our tours. i can watch every single one. all those conversations that we just had about heritage and identity in memory, most of the people who are given tours are wealthy enough to afford to work there. [laughter] most of them are retired, most are white, most want to work there because they love love their subjects. that's not true across the board, but it is true that we have to have a lot of conversations about okay, but you really have to talk about slavery. you really have to talk about it on to her. we think we are making progress. one of the things that we are very excited about at monticello is we are going to change that you are. starting in 201

thomas jefferson was the father of sally hemmings children, and that the family that bought after jefferson's death saved the home from destruction because of their views on his religious freedom -- >> if the guy has not mentioned the declaration of independence at all, we're going to have a talk. but the idea is that you have to talk about slavery. you have to. now, we don't script our tours. i can't watch every single tour. in all of those conversations that we just had about heritage and identity and memory, remember that most of the people who are giving tours at these sites are wealthy enough to afford to work there, most of them are retired, most of them are white, most of them want to work there because they love, love, love their subjects. that's not true across the board. but it is true that we have to have a lot of conversations about, okay, but you really gotta talk about slavery. you really gotta talk about it on tour. we think we're making progress. we think we're doing that. one of the things we're excited about is we're going to change the tour. so starting in 2018, once these

so in the 1940s the thomas jefferson foundation restored it south wing. so what they thought was its best appearance. not only did they restore the cook house, but they put bathrooms into what were slave quarters and a dairy. so it's much of this material we've been remove the last couple months and we're restoring the spaces what was a more accurate representation of what it was like in jefferson's time. there's document evidence, even a plan to scale. so it's tremendous evidence that shows exactly how big the rooms were and what the rooms were used for. so we know what space was the dairy. we know where the slave quarters were in the smoke house. but what was exciting is when we removed the 1940s material, we were able to find physical traces of where the walls would have been placed. on the chimney stacks remains of the plaster that we know was there in jefferson's time because there's a jefferson's letter that talks about asking his workman to plaster the space. there's a hearth that survived. we believe this was where an enslaved family would have wa

, near the beginning of the document that t is screened for the declaration of independence, thomas jefferson wrote we hold these truths to be self-evident so from the very beginning, our freedom has been predicated on truth. the founders were visionary in this regardd understanding while that good faith and shared facts between the governed and the government could be the very basis of this ongoing idea of america. as a distinguished forme the dir member of this body and neil patrick moynihan of new york said everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts. i'm alarmed to say that the proposition has likely b been tested or severely than at any time in our history. for it is that reason that i rise today to talk about the truths and the truth's relationship to democracy, for without truth in a principled fidelity of truth and shared facts, our democracy will not last. the 2017 is the year that saw the truth objective and empirical evidence-based truth more battered and abused than any time in the history of the country at the hands of the most powerful figures of the government

as senator flake pointed out, it was thomas jefferson and our founding fathers who saw the importance of journalism and the importance of the first amendment. thomas jefferson once wrote that our first objective should be to leave open all avenues to truth and the most effective way of doing that is through the freedom of the press. >> while the most extreme forms of antistress behavior have topic on abroad as pointed out by senator flake, journalist being murdered, put in fear of their life , their family lives, there has been a growing aggression toward journalism in our own country. during the campaign, then candidate trump mocked the disabled reporter. during his presidency he has referred to journalists as dishonest, as disgusting, as,. during president fouts first month in office 's administration coined the phrase alternative facts, attempting to undermine the fact checking efforts of reporters. that same week, another senior white house official said that the press should quote, keep its mouth shut. the president has taken to twitter countless times to catch news organizations

the first in two books, one only george washington and thomas jefferson, made "the new york times" bestseller list so the president must be pop layer today and i won't doubt that andrew jackson will be there as. we it's book, if you haven't read it, you, get is outside. a book filled with great stories about great folks and a great history. i want to read to you the dedicate that brian makes at the front because its says a lot about him. he says, this book is to the unsung men and women who's faithful military service as keptes free and made generals like jackson famous you. names and faces anyway may not be known by the world but you'll never be forgotten be me. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, brian killmeade. [applause] >> thank you very much. >> true professional. we had a chance to do an interview last week. i thought the heritage would be tighter of me by -- tired of me by now but you're out in. have an audio visual presentation for no extra money so you definitely going to get your money's worth today. to give you a summary of the book. i also want to give you an idea what you'll

directly behind me you see the cast figures of benjamin banneker and thomas jefferson. this platform where we really unpack that story of voices of freedom. included on that platform included to jefferson and banneker are tusaut momutour. benjamin banneker sending his alma nack to thomas jefferson and stating in fact african-americans are brilliant, they are human, they contribute to the development of this nation and deserve to be free. thomas jefferson essentially said you are the exception and freedom was not going to come during his particular time in life. so now why don't we go forward and look at making a way. again, remember this is human story. so in the midst of all of this inhumanity, you still have african-americans, again, fighting for freedom, fighting for liberty, fighting for the nation to recognize them as citizens in this world, right? but as we go forward we look at while there were laws restricting them african-americans found ways to go around those laws and hold onto their humanity. so why don't we go to the section of making a where out of nowhere

, and i finally stopped research, jefferson library was incredible, and we started doing thomas jefferson the triple e pirate and found out about nations, islamic nations that were not only treat peopling terribly, if that sounds familiar, but also using our ships as an opportunity to overtake them, take them, and enslave the crew and then ask for ransom and they were doing it to everybody. it was america that stood up and eventually found out so they have to send a message to the rest of to world we'll not be patsies. ... decthey kept the burn marks separate member what we went through. andrew jackson the more i look the more a research and the more i thought this was the perfect american success story but it got better the more you look at it and realized not only was the battle necessary. it saved america's destiny so before i get into the details about this book and how much fun i had researching it, i am happy to say there will be an hour special on fox news and it's going to be hero under fire as they want to get them off to 20 things to take the statute down and we will debate that

directly behind me you see the cast figures of benjamin banneker and thomas jefferson. this is a platform featured in the exhibition where we really unpack that story of voices of freedom. included on that platform in addition to jefferson and banneker are tusaut momutour. she actually petitioned for her freedom in massachusetts and won, as well as phyllis wheatley, all voices of freedom. what's very powerful to me about the connections between banneker and jefferson includes banneker sending his almanac to thomas jefferson and stating in fact african-americans are brilliant, they are human, they contribute to the development of this nation and deserve to be free. excuse me if i paraphrase, but thomas jefferson essentially said you are the exception, and freedom was not going to come during his particular time in life. so now why don't we go forward and look at making a way. again, remember this is a human story. so in the midst of all of this inhumanity, you still have african-americans, again, fighting for freedom, fighting for liberty, fighting for the nation to reco

i am usually in a roomful of people who are interested in or obsessed about thomas jefferson. and it's strange to be in a room with people who are interested, obsessed with somebody else. there are other people, other subjects, other things, and it was great. i did a facebook post about it and i said now i know what we must look like to other people. it's great. it's great. i am sorry, i am not going to get a chance to be with you -- couldn't be here for the whole thing. i have to leave after this afternoon, and i really wish i could be here tonight to hear juan turnow talk about grant, the worthy successor to abraham lincoln. i am going to talk about andrew johnson. in a different category. he is -- it's a fascinating topic, and i came to write about him because i was asked to write about him for the american presidents series by arthur sletsinger jr. who was the general editor of the series and he asked me -- we were both on the papers of thomas jefferson, and i got a letter one morning asking me if i would do this. there was a man named paul golup who does the editing for t

it is titled the most blessed of patriarchs, thomas jefferson and the empire of the imagination. she will be available for a few minutes after her presentation to sign autographs, sign books for you. one of myp me welcome favorite authors, annette gordon-reed. [applause] prof. reed: thank you. it's great to be here. last night was fabulous, talk about stanton and the energy of the place. i'm usually in a room full of people who are enthusiastic about or interested in, or obsessed about thomas jefferson. and it is strange to be in a room with people who are interested, obsessed with somebody else. are other people, other subjects, other things, and it was great. i made a facebook post about it and said now i know what we must look like to other people. [laughter] prof. reed: it's great. i'm sorry i'm not going to get a chance to be with you, couldn't be here for the whole thing. i have to leave here after this afternoon and i really wish i could be here tonight to hear the talk about grant, the worthy successor to ebrahim lincoln. -- abraham lincoln. and i'm going to talk about an

until recently thomas jefferson has dominated our historical memory and we are asking ourselves whether a jefferson still survives or what is still living in the thought of jefferson. no figure in our past has embodied so much of our heritage and so many of our hopes. as much as the professional bagger for if jefferson was wrong america is wrong. if america is right jefferson was right. no one says that about john adams. until recently. few americans paid much attention. they have different degrees of affection as founders in our conscious consciousness. devoted to every aspect of the wide ranging life. it has become a world heritage site visited by hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world the modest home in quincy messages is maintained within matt national parks service it's hard to get to and receives only a small fraction of the numbers ago to monticello. many of you probably had been there. adams has no monument in the capital and those who would like to erect one had struggled unsuccessfully for nearly two decades in 1776 no american could have predicted that the re

john adams and thomas jefferson died on the same day , july 4, 1826 exactly 50 years after the declaration of independence was agreed to in 1776. a celebration in such a marvelous coincidence to people at the time and it to as well that the nation took that to be providential. they couldn't help but believe that providence was looking after the nation. this alone has linked the two men forever after inner consciousness. but our celebration of the two have differed greatly. until recently thomas jefferson has dominated historical memory asking ourselves if jefferson still survived and we quote him on every conceivable issue on both sides. no figure in our past has embodied so much of our heritage in hopes. most americans think of jefferson is the first professional biographer. if jefferson was wrong then america is wrong. if america is right then jefferson was right. indeed until recently they didn't pay much attention to him. now two very different degrees of affection and attention as founders in our consciousness. there were hundreds if not thousands of books devoted to every aspect of h

until recently, thomas jefferson has dominated our historical memory. we are continually asking ourselves whether jefferson still survives or what is still living in the paw of jefferson and we consult him on every conceivable issue on both sides of every issue. no figure and our past has embodied so much of our heritage and so many of our hopes. most americans think of jefferson much as our first professional biographer james cardin did. if jefferson was wrong, wrote in 1874, americais wrong . america is right if jefferson was right. but no one says that about john adams. indeed until recently few americans paid much attention to atoms. and even now, the two men command very different degrees of affection and attention as founders in our consciousness. while jefferson is hundreds if not thousands of monographs and books devoted to every aspect of his wide-ranging life, adams had relatively few works written about him and much of these have focused on his apparently archaic political theory. jefferson's mountaintop home monticello has become a world heri

thomas jefferson? >> the third president of the united states of america. >> designed the capitol that's still in use today. >> that's exactly right. abraham lincoln came here -- right at the end of the civil war when richmond fell and basically he freed some slaves right over here and we have a number of statues on the capitol square grounds as well. harry bird over here. civil rights, oliver hill and barbara johns. >> we're talking about kind of these statues and monuments. there's a lot of statues and monuments in your city, right? >> there are. you want to go to monument avenue? speaking of that. even when i came here in 2004, richmond was steadily on that upward trajectory but it was much still to be desired. and in the '90s a lot of this was basically abandoned and when people come back now -- i think what we're experiencing is there are people who began their lives here, had jobs in other cities like new york and san francisco and washington. and they come back because richmond's cool again. >>

he was accompanied by thomas jefferson. they were on a campaign trip to all of the 13 new states, the red states of america, urging ratification of the bill of rights. they had several important omissions. the jewish people here in the new united states, the most important omission was that there was nothing speaking about freedom of religion. was were wondering what going to happen to the jews and the still united states? other going to be like governments who had treated jewish people harshly or expelled them? the president of the organization wrote a letter in 1790e washington asking what is going to happen , when washington read that letter he wrote back in 1790. words, to of his own paraphrase, he said no more toleration is spoke of, with one class of people, over the natural of another's rights. happily the government of united bigotry nod speak to assistance. those words which had such now,ance to them and to us really the first words on paper in this new united states of ,merica by a federal official that spoke to f

he came accompanied by thomas jefferson. they were on a campaign trip to all of the 13 new states, the united states of america, urging ratification of the bill of rights. our constitution had several important omissions. to the jewish people here in the new united states, the most important omission was that there was nothing speaking about freedom of religion. they were wondering what was going to happen to the jews in the new united states? was it going to be like other governments that had treated jewish people harshly or expelled them? so in that vein, the president of the congregation wrote a letter to george washington in august of 1790, asking what was going to happen to the jews? washington read that letter and wrote right back. using most of his own words, to paraphrase, he said no more toleration is spoken of as if it were the indulgence of one class of people over the exercise of another's natural rights. government of the united states would give bigotry no sanction, to persecution, no assistance. those words, w

hoover did not like to speak in public anymore than thomas jefferson did. he basically did not think it was necessary. he try to work with congress as little as possible. : how to begin from washington to today where we are talking about an hour or an hour and a half speech. the idea that the president is going to suck his goals for the year means that a lock be put into the speech. there is a lot of talk of war between various cabinet secretaries to make sure that they could paragraph there are looking for in the speech. efforts to cut the speech down are usually defeated. sure they talke about their accomplishments and say something good about this or that, so these speeches tend to grow. most of the speeches are over within an hour with the exception of president clinton. hour and 29 minutes, the longest speech on record. were likery, some textbooks. taft,william howard 20,000 words. mr. speaker, the president of the united states. [applause] besides is saying those eight words on the house floor, what other responsibilities did you have when you are ser

i think if we were able to speak with james madison or thomas jefferson today and roll out the terms email, metadata, a cell phone, they have no idea what we are talking about. trying to think through the provincials of our constitution, if we told them that meant our government could take information from us citizensor perhaps a letter without a warrant , framed this in a way i think madison and jefferson would have significant concerns over what's going on right now with section 702. this week the senate will attempt to pass a bill that misses the mark on protecting thisfundamental constitutional right . in response to attacks on american citizens and the values our nation stands for, the government has changed the way it tracks down terrorists . fisa is one of those changes which allows the government to monitor certain conversations on the internet and on the phone without a warrant. again, our founding fathers had no idea what the internet meant . and it's responsible senators that need to look at the constitution and ensure that these rights are protected. congress intended thi

the bill written by thomas jefferson states, quote, all men shall be free to profeans by argument to maintain their opinions in matters of religion. end quote. just a few years later this bill served as the inspiration for the first amendment. which affirms our right to choose and exercise faith without government coercion or retaliation. today americans from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds remain committed to the values of faith, honesty, integrity, and patriotism. mr. speaker, our constitution and laws guarantees americans the right not just believe as they see fit but freely exercise their religion. we observe this day in our homes and schools and houses of worship because we have the freedom and the right to do so. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minutes. mr. olson: mr.

thomas jefferson had no such miss fortune the german got off to a fast start and he mastered every twist and turn on the intimidating course. the twenty four year old stayed on the skis and crossed the finish line no point two zero seconds quicker than his nearest rival. test was ecstatic after his maiden will cut victory on the epic on income and with the winter olympics just around the corner. and veteran color science has triumphed in the dakar rally for the second time the fifty five year old spaniel spaniard wraps up victory in the car section on the final stage through the argentinian city of call of the boks the former double world rally champion gave their third win in three years in the fortnight long event the french carmaker is quitting the grueling endurance race after this year sides previously won in two thousand and ten. as you knew about trying to get at the top of the hour and thanks for watching. the british. tour link to school for more willing to accept your stories and discussion on the use of easy and i would say the deputy comes to me to join you something spoke. f

. >> next on american history tv, representatives from thomas jefferson's monticello, james monroe'shland, and james madison's montpelier describe how they interpret slavery for visitors to the presidential plantations, and the challenging questions on the public they try -- from the public they try to answer. this is about an hour and a half, recorded at the american historical association annual meeting held recently in washington, d.c. >> good afternoon, everybody. i want to welcome everyone to this afternoon's panel, public history and public memory. talking about slavery at presidential plantations. i am a professor of history at new york university where i work on colonial history of enslaved people. i'm very excited to be a part of this afternoon's conversation. my role here is primarily to facilitate and learn. the presenters have often spent their careers work in a public history, and have been at the

>> near there beginning of the document that made us free, our declaration of independence, thomas jefferson wrote we hold these truths to be self-evident. so from the very beginning, our freedom has been predicated on truth. the founders were visionary in this regard, understanding while the good faith and shared fax between the governed and the government would be the very basis of this ongoing idea of america. as the distinguished former member of this body, daniel patrick moynihan of new york's famously said everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts. during this past year i'm alarmed to say that senator moynihan opposition has likely been tested more severely than in time in our history. for it is that reason that i rise today to talk about the truth and the truths relationship to democracy. for without truth in a principled fidelity of truth and the shared fax, mr. president, our democracy will not last. 2017 was a year which saw the truth objective come empirical evidence-based truth more battered and abuse than any time in history of our country. fans of the most p

tv,ext on american history representatives from thomas jefferson's monticello, james monroe's highland, and james madison's montpelier describe how they interpret slavery for visitors to the presidential plantations, and the challenging questions on the public they try to answer. this is about an hour and a half, recorded at the american historical association annual meeting held recently in washington, d.c. >> good afternoon, everybody. i want to welcome everyone to this afternoon's panel, public history and public memory. talking about slavery at presidential plantations. i work on colonial history of enslaved people. i'm very excited to be a part of this afternoon's conversation. my role here is primarily to facilitate and learn. the presenters have often spent their careers work in a public history, and have been at the front lines of important efforts to situated presidential plantations back into the history of slavery, for to situate slavery back into the hi

and the need to convince whole chapters and stories have the tiniest of clues as the discovery thomas jefferson paid for three smallpox inoculation. what it's like to be in a foreign country or an imminent asserting a man of this honor couldn't possibly have entered into a relationship with a slave girl but how could they have ignored among this mountain of clues that telltale fact that they named their six children after his business associates, something slaves on their own to say the least. while i'm not the editor of the two commanding biographies who was regarded by hundreds of thousands of americans black-and-white as the paramount custodian of the intellect so many impoverished and intimidated into desperately striving african-americans have either never developed or founded in. in. if you can do the volumes demonstrate the most important events of the post-civil war 19th century and 20th century political history. then we are told in the exciting book divides that b that bind ty concept of race is a false construct that didn't even exist until the 17 hundreds when the notion of the natu

the debt pessimists led by james madison and thomas jefferson had -- also pushed for what was called discrimination. they propose that the government pay the original holders of government ious which were mostly soldiers and sailors in combination with holders of the debt, who they depicted as wealthy spectators. seanton but the kabbalah -- put the kibosh on this as well. hamilton noted the administrative difficulty of tracking the chain of ownership of hundreds of thousands of ious. moreover, the original holders had not been defrauded in most cases. basically valued the -- they simply valued the cash payments over holding the iou until the bankrupt government could issue repaying them. they knew when they sold that they were relinquishing all rights to the principal and were fine with it. to give them some of the cut would be a windfall and ruin the nation's reputation home and abroad. with the aid of some bargaining, hamilton managed to implement most of his plan for the revolutionary war debt, including assumption of state debt. and nondiscrimination against holders. here is wher

thomas jefferson had no such miss fortune the german got off to a fast start and he mastered every twist and turn on the intimidating course. the twenty four year old stayed on his skis and crossed the finish line no point two zero seconds quicker than his nearest rival. tyson was ecstatic after his maiden world cup victory on the epic. and with the winter olympics just around the corner. definitely not for the fainthearted don't try it after her move from the top of the hour as ever maya schrader taking over from make up next here on your documentary on street food if you haven't yet believe me this is going to make you hungry. state by state. the most colorful. the liveliest. the most traditional. find it all any time. check in with a web special. take a tour of germany state by state. d.w. dot com.

thomas jefferson had no such miss fortune the german got off to a fast start and he mastered every twist and turn on the intimidating course. the twenty four year old stayed on his skis and crossed the finish line no point two zero seconds quicker than his nearest rival. dressing was ecstatic after his maiden will cook victory on the epic on income and with the winter olympics just around the corner. the bundesliga show follows after the break of my colleague public fully las with all of saturday's goal so don't go away there have been some surprising results today see if you try barca get the better of last season's runner up are bad like six down in the black forest that's the good as they can still coming up very shortly. and that's it is that thanks for tuning and i'm biased later. they make a commitment. they find solutions. instructor. for all the. stories from both people making a difference in shaping their nation. and their continent. w.'s new ball to me series for africa. dot com africa on the move.

>> hoover did not like to speak in public anymore than thomas jefferson did. he basically did not think it was necessary. he tried to work with congress as little as possible. host: how did we get from george washington to today where we are talking about an hour or an hour and a half speech. donald: the idea that the president is going to state his goals for the year means that a lot needs to be put into the speech. and so, inside every administration, there is a lot of tug-of-war between various cabinet secretaries to make sure that they are looking for in the speech. efforts to cut the speech down are usually defeated. you need to make sure they talk about their accomplishments and say something good about this or that, so these speeches tend to grow. they were actually longer when they were written. most of the speeches are over within an hour with the exception of president clinton. >> an hour and 29 minutes, the longest speech on record. do you know what the longest written one was? >> i'm not sure. in the 19th century, some were like textbooks. host: wi

other times but to thomas's and the speech he focuses on or discusses the differences between thomas jeffersonthe great founder and saint thomas more was one of my father's heroes. the year after my parents got married they traveled around europe a little bit and saw a man for all seasons and impressed both of them and left a deep imprint throughout his life. what impressed him was his respect for the law and also his devotion to his faith that it was possible to have both of those things and he contracts that with thomas jefferson who had a version of the bible and he added that it's basically the new testament to remove references to anything miraculous or unbelievable so that jefferson new testament concludes with the death of christ. there's no resurrection as one example so my father uses those two important figures of contrast and delivers the speech often two groups of catholic lawyers telling them saint thomas more is a great model for you and i will just read the end of the speech. it is the hope of most to impart wisdom and it's been my part the courage regarded as stupidity or are w

most of you know that thomas jefferson and ronald reagan are my political models. they were not roped and tied by ideology when pragmatism was the best path to progress. they led. we must do the same. [applause] was it that long? no, really. go ahead and take your time. i still have 11 months, three weeks, three days and about nine hours, but then who's counting? [laughing] [applause] let me say for myself from this floor that in the years that i've had the opportunity to be your governor, they have provided the most precious and rewarding experiences in my life. working with and for each of you, my fellow citizens, has been the honor of my lifetime, and the best job i ever had. i appreciate more than i can express the chance to share this arena with you, and to join you in making significant and lasting progress for every member of the idaho family. thank you. god bless your work here, and may god continue to bless the state of idaho and the united states of america. thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is respons

if you think of the capitol as an essay in architecture, the primary author was thomas jefferson and at the time we were getting ready to break ground in richmond in 1785, jefferson left state service and was american ambassador to france. he was living in paris. and nonetheless richmond authorities reached out to jefferson in 1785 asking for his help as an absentee advocate for a properly designed capitol building and he turned to the architecture of an tick wuty. he was fascinated by the temples of greece and rome and he was able to collaborate with a professional french architect who was a published authority on roman an tickwitties and i like to the think of jefferson as the author of our original capitol building and it's known the french as -- when jefferson was planning the virginia state capitol to look like a classical, monumental roman temple, he followed the advice of people who study antiquity and it became by design the center piece of our city. likely the first thing you would see that would make an impression on you would be this civic temple on a hill. and it faces sou

i devoted an entire chapter to bondholders in virginia, the home state of pessimist like thomas jefferson. many bondholders owned plantations and slaves. others were professional doctors and lawyers, others were artisans and retailers. some were women. abigail adams wasn't the only female trading government securities. some bondholders lived in nova. others lived south side. others in the blue ridge. in others in the valley. others along the james in richmond and beyond. we will never know with certainty what influence those bondholders had on public opinion in virginia. but the fact that they were spread across the state geographically and occupationally suggest that they could have cemented the union. one federal bondholder was a bona fide revolutionary war hero who had raised his own region in defiance of the kings tyranny. he owned a huge musket. he was considered what we would today call a bad ass. i doubt not he would have wrote on richmond, charged and primed, if the government threatened secession in his lifetime. in addition to keeping the union intact, hamilton's funding system

if you think of the capital as an essay in architecture, the primary author was thomas jefferson. at the time we were getting ready to break ground for any public building in richmond in 1785. jefferson had left state service and was an american ambassador to france. he was living in paris. and nonetheless, richmond authorities reached out to jefferson in 1785 asking for his help as an absentee advocate for a properly designed capitol building. and he turned to the architecture of an tick witty. he was fascinated by tthe temps es greece and roam and he was able to collaborate way french architect who was a published authority on roman an tick witness phys. and those two men got together and i like to think of jefferson as the author of our original capitol building. and they eventually looked to a we will preserved roman temple in southern france and it's known to the french as lamey ozone today. he followed the advice of people who studied the architecture of an tick quitty and he put the capitol up on top of a major hill. and it became by desilent center piece of our city the lik

>> near there beginning of the document that made us free, our declaration of independence, thomas jeffersone hold these truths to be self-evident. so from the very beginning, our freedom has been predicated on truth. the founders were visionary in this regard, understanding while the good faith and shared fax between the governed and the government would be the very basis of this ongoing idea of america. as the distinguished former member of this body, daniel patrick moynihan of new york's famously said everyone is entitled to his own

and in that speech, he focuses on or discusses the differences between thomas jefferson, the great founder, obviously, and st. thomas moore, one of my father's heroes. the year after my parents got married they lived-- traveled around europe a little bit and they saw the robert bolt play, "man for all seasons" about thomas moore and it really impressed both of them and kind of really left a deep i am imprint on my father throughout his life and what impressed him about thomas moore was his respect for the law, but also, his devotion to his faith, that it was possible to have both of those things. as opposed-- and he contrasts that with thomas jefferson who had a version of the bible, the jefferson bible, he edited the gospels to remove references to anything miraculous or unbelievable. the new jefferson testaments concludes with the death of christ, there's no resurrection and no miracles, obviously. so my father uses those two important figures as contrasts and tells-- he delivers a speech often to groups of catholic lawyers and telling them that st. thomas moore is a great model for you,

for discussion about slavery at presidential plantations including james madison montpelier, thomas jefferson's plantation. you can also watch online at c-span.org or joint is like using the c-span radio free app. while the group is taking a break will look back at this morning session had to do with free speech focus on professors on college campuses. >> so i thought our first topic that we might discuss is the question of the distinction between free speech and academic freedom, whether they are, in fact, identical or quite subtly different for very different matters to be concerned with at our institutions of higher education. and carol, i wonder if you would like to take that on first? >> as i understand it, -- >> i think you need to use the multiplex microphone. thanks. >> so the question you're asking is by the relationship between a commitment to free speech and the speech of faculty members, and how, the ways in which this issue has been framed in public debate focuses on free speech. i'm not the most qualified person to speak about the distinction between free speech and academic freed

responding to the question that you have, but the presentations -- it is being sponsored by the thomas jefferson foundation, university of virginia. ofwill run the gamut coming to the modern era. intangible heritage will definitely be part of the presentations. that may be a place to of go to modern hear more about what's going on. ms. sullivan: one other thing to theon is that in april, equal justice initiative on lynching will open in go to hear montgomery, cataloging the atrocities that took place throughout the south. i think that is a part of respondent to her comment. such aeems in a way challenge to think about movement that is so complex it has so many historical phenomenon over such a decades, involving so many actors over different places, and we are trying to squeeze it into 10 or 12 properties. some might say you are doing it a disservice. inscribedmination is list, thatd heritage will be the rising tide that lifts all boats -- i don't know. that will reverberate and illuminate some parts of the story that we could not really include. >>that was our motivation for creating birmingham