Celebrating the Fourth

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Monticello will mark the 276th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birth with a celebration and ceremony on the West Lawn, featuring a keynote address by the 2019 recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership.

Watch: Cary Fowler at the 2018 Founder's Day and Jefferson's Birthday Celebration at Monticello from Thomas Jefferson's Monticello on Vimeo.