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| My favorite time to visit Monticello is in the spring! |
The historic site
in Virginia that I visited was Monticello. Monticello is in Charlottesville,
Virginia. It is where Thomas Jefferson lived. My favorite time to visit
Monticello is in the spring time (which is why I used those pictures in this
blog). Every time I go, I learn something new, which is saying a lot because I
go there often. I am a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson, so my family
visits Monticello at least once a year. The thing I learned this time was fun
and interesting. I learned that in the dome room (which not many people get to
go up in) there is a little out cove that Jefferson’s granddaughters would hang
out in when they were there. I had been up there before, but had not seen that
part of the dome room.
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| Picture out of a window in the Dome Room. |
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| Dome Room |
Monticello is important because it is where Thomas
Jefferson lived. It is really interesting to walk around the house during the
tour and get to see all the different rooms. Each room has so much history in
it and so many stories to be told. In his office/library, there is a table with
a polygraph on it. He used the polygraph to copy what he was writing onto a
second piece of paper at the same time. He would use one pen that was attached
to a piece of wood that had another pen attached to it. That second pen would
write on the other piece of paper what Jefferson was writing. I also think
Monticello is an important place because anyone can walk around and see where
Thomas Jefferson lived. It is a way for people to learn about Thomas Jefferson
and the way he lived. I think learning about Presidents, their families, and
where they lived is important and interesting. The tour guides at Monticello
are great at pointing out information about Jefferson that you probably would
not learn in a textbook. Obviously some tour guides are better than others, but
when you get one that really knows what they are talking about, you learn a lot
and it makes the tour more interesting.
Vegetable gardens at Monticello
Finally, another
part of Monticello I find important and interesting is the graveyard. On Thomas
Jefferson’s grave stone, it says “Here was buried Thomas Jefferson author of
the Declaration of American Independence of the Statute of Virginia for
Religious Freedom and father of the University of Virginia.” The gravestone
alone can tell someone so much about Thomas Jefferson. It tells about some of
his most important contributions to the United States during his life. It is
also a special place to me because as a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson,
my family can be buried there. In 2007, my grandfather was buried in the graveyard
at Monticello.
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| Thomas Jefferson's gravestone |
There is so much
history and information to learn about at Monticello. It is a great place to
visit, especially if you are interested in Virginia history.
