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$20,000 acrylic case installed around Jefferson marker

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President George Washington, as painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1796, now in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Ben Shapiro stands up for founding vaules, Founding Fathers

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

In this June 30, 2020, photo, a man walks in front of the Declaration House in Philadelphia. Countless words have been written about the Declaration of Independence and Thomas Jefferson, but few about Robert Hemings, the slave who was on hand as Jefferson famously declared that “All men are created equal.” According to the National Park Service, Hemings is not included in the exhibit texts of the Declaration House, a reconstruction of the home Jefferson stayed in as a guest of the Philadelphia bricklayer Jacob Graff. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Remembering the slave who joined Jefferson in Philadelphia

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

University of Missouri will not remove Jefferson statue

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'Revolutionary Brothers' (book cover)

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Revolutionary Brothers’

By Aram Bakshian Jr.

Erik H. Neil, director of the Chrysler Museum of Art, poses next to a bust of Thomas Jefferson during a tour of an exhibit titled &quot;Thomas Jefferson, Architect: Palladian Models, Democratic Principles, and the Conflict of Ideals.&quot; At the museum in Norfolk, Va., Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Exhibit on Jefferson’s architecture weaves in slavery’s role

By BEN FINLEY - Associated Press

In this Sept. 28, 2018, file photo, House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., talks to media during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press/File)

EDITORIAL: By targeting Trump, Democrats are wearing down the public

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on Independence Day by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Jeffersonian ideals of personal natural rights and governmental legitimacy have become myths

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Thomas Jefferson, upon winning the presidential election of 1800, called for the putting aside of partisan politics. (White House Historical Association) ** FILE **

Is America turning into a nation of dunces?

By Thomas L. Jipping and Peyton Smith

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is seen in this general view. Monday, March 11, 2019, in Washington D.C. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally) ** FILE **

Thomas Jefferson statue fight about seizing government

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Groups oppose plantation exhibit coming to Detroit museum

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Jefferson Shame Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

On the run at UVa

By Robert Knight

Illustration on the impact of the Declaration of Independence by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The values underlying Independence Day

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Illustration on the romance between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Sally Hemings today would be an icon of the #MeToo movement

By Suzanne Fields

University team recreates Jefferson’s Rotunda dome

By BY RUTH SERVEN - Associated Press

This Friday, June 30, 2017, file photo shows a librarian holding an expensive rare law book at the University of Virginia School of Law rare books collection in Charlottesville, Va. Nearly 200 years ago, Thomas Jefferson came up with a legal reading list for lawyers. Now, the University of Virginia is putting those books online. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Thomas Jefferson statue smearing as ‘Racist + Rapist’ despicable and revisionist

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Luke Fife, 6, of Middleburg, Fla., uses a telescope to look down the Mississippi River while on a visit to the Gateway Arch with his family Tuesday, July 24, 2007, in St. Louis. (AP photo)

Congress scrubs Thomas Jefferson from Gateway to the West

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Portland neighborhood group wants Jefferson HS name change

By ERICA MORRISON - Associated Press

This Friday, June 30, 2017 shows a rare book at the University of Virginia School of Law rare books collection Charlottesville, Va. Nearly 200 years ago, Thomas Jefferson came up with a legal reading list for lawyers. Now, the University of Virginia is putting those books online. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Jefferson told lawyers to read these; now they’ll be online

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

Black Lives Matter protesters cover a statue of Thomas Jefferson with a tarp during a rally in front of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia on Tuesday. (Photo by Zack Wajsgras/The [Charlottesville, Va.] Daily Progress)

Thomas Jefferson under attack: Next up — the Declaration of Independence

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times