Two descendants of Thomas Jefferson said they want his DC memorial replaced because it glorifies the third president as a Founding Father without providing context about him being a slaveholder ...

A 19-foot-tall statue of Thomas ... for how his memorial might be altered to reflect his complex history. "Why not make it a true freedom center since they want to give credit to Jefferson for ...

A direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson has called for the Jefferson Memorial to be pulled down in Washington DC and replaced with a statue of Harriet Tubman. Lucian K. Truscott IV, describes ...

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial, which has stood near the banks of the Potomac River in Washington for more than 70 years, is a classical tribute to the author of the Declaration of Independence and ...

As we crossed the Potomac River on the 14th Street Bridge, the Jefferson Memorial stood off to the ... We were surrounded by the history of Thomas Jefferson when we made those visits to our ...

What he was most proud of: Now that you know how much Jefferson loved to read and to write and how much he valued knowledge, here is what is inscribed at his grave: “Here was buried Thomas ...

The granite obelisk holds a replica of a marble plaque with the inscription Jefferson wrote for his grave: “Here was buried Thomas Jefferson; Author of the Declaration of American Independence ...

The Jefferson Memorial is an iconic Washington landmark and the National Park Service calls it a “shrine to freedom,” but two of Thomas Jefferson’s descendants are calling for it to be replaced.