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Thomas Jefferson Memorial: United States
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C[R]eated by an act of Congress passed in 1934, the Jefferson Memorial is probably the second-best known Jeffersonian tribute, after the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial ("Gateway Arch") in Saint Louis. In spite of the initial enthusiasm for the project, it was five years later, on November 15th, 1939, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt finally laid the cornerstone. The Memorial is modeled after the Pantheon in Rome, a type of architecture brought to the United States by Jefferson, himself. In fact, the design of the memorial was tailored to Jefferson's own well-documented tastes. Inside, there is a bronze statue of the president by Rudolph Evans, and another sculpture showing five members of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence submitting their report to the Continental Congress.
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Thomas Jefferson believed that a large military establishment would both increase the nation's debt and threaten American liberty. As the first secretary of state (1789–93), he urged neutrality in the war between England and France; as president (1801–09), he pursued a policy of “peace, commerce, and honest friendship†with all nations, but “entangling alliances with none.†Jefferson's administration cut military spending drastically, from over $3 million annually to $1.9 million, although his administration ... founded the U.S. Military Academy, first proposed by Washington, at West Point, New York, in 1802. Neutrality, though, was not isolation: Jefferson sent the U.S. Fleet to the Mediterranean in 1801, and cooperated with Sweden, Portugal, Naples, and other neutral powers in a multinational alliance against Tripoli. To replace the expensive frigates built by the Federalist administrations, Jefferson built 180 gunboats, 50 feet long, with crews of 20 and cannon mounted in bow and stern, primarily to defend American harbors. Instead of military force, the United States would use economic pressure in international affairs. The Europeans, he reasoned, depended on American grain and fish to feed their large armies and overtaxed populations.
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Although he was born into one of the wealthiest families in the United States, Thomas Jefferson was deeply in debt when he died. His possessions were sold at auction. In 1831, Jefferson's 552 acres (223 hectares) were sold for $7,000 to James T. Barclay. Thomas Jefferson is buried on his Monticello estate, in Charlottesville, Virginia. In his will, he left Monticello to the United States to be used as a school for orphans of navy officers. His epitaph, written by him with an insistence that only his words and "not a word more" be inscribed, reads:
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Thomas Jefferson called Monticello his "essay in architecture." Reflecting the genius and versatility of its creator, Jefferson's Monticello is a monument to a scrupulous interest in architecture, landscaping, agriculture, and domestic comforts. The remarkable house, one of America's most famous, is filled with ingenious devices and mementos of this revered founding father. The author of the Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States, Jefferson studied buildings in ancient Rome and began his dwelling atop the "Little Mountain" where he had played as a boy, after leveling the top in 1768.
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The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, called the 1-2-3 President because he was the first Secretary of State, the second-vice President and the third President. Besides these accomplishments, he was the main author of the Declaration of Independence and an accomplished architect. He designed the rotundas of the Univ. of Virginia and his mansion Monticello after the Pantheon in Rome, so it is only befitting that his own memorial is built in the same style.
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This memorial is to Thomas Jefferson who was the third president of the United States of America. It stands alongside the Tidal Basin, which is ... an overflow for the Potomac River. You can hire boats here from March until September. Boat hire information: Tel No. 484 - 0206 10am - 6pm daily
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