Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson

Thanks to a most wonderful friend (Thanks Christine!!!!!), Delaney, Cailin and Connor, were able to go on this field trip to Monticello that we've had planned for a month or two.  Sadly the rest of us we still sick.  That just means we'll have to schedule another time to come!

Hi it's me Delaney,  we went to Monticello with the Brame's. The statue of Thomas Jefferson shows his true height, so he was sort of tall,  6'3" tall to be exact.

I really liked the gardens and the activities in the cultural center.  I took most of the pictures that are  in this post. 

There was a printing invention that his friend made.  As you are writing with one of the pens a second copy would be made at the same time.

I really liked writing with a feather.  I was able to write what I have accomplished in my life (in this past year): swimming, tying my shoe, reading a lot better than before, and getting a kitten, Pumpkin, and helping to take care of him.

There were lots of plant there.  Thomas Jefferson loved gardening, just like my Daddy. Daddy wishes he could have come, I hope we'll go back because he would love to see all the gardens.

I liked the tour of the house. 

Hello people, it's me, Connor. I will be talking about our trip to Monticello. It was fun, and I enjoyed the tour of the mansion. It was also interesting to look for things there which weren't affected by the industrial revolution. We thought that maybe some of the stuff sent to Thomas Jefferson by the Indians most likely weren't. The most interesting thing were his ivory note cards. The people there used old piano keys instead of real ivory (for obvious reasons) but Jefferson would use these as his version of a dry erase board. 

It's me, Cailin, and I went to Monticello, too.
It was really interesting there. I never really knew what to think of Thomas Jefferson before I went here other than the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Now I think of him as more of a brilliant, smart, and fairly stern man. I thought the most interesting thing I learned at Monticello was that he wrote different things on his ivory cards, and could wipe it off like a whiteboard. (Yes, I know its the same as Connor, but it's interesting.)

This is Thomas' grave.  On it was written:
 Here was buried
Thomas Jefferson
Author of the Declaration of American Independence
of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom
Father of the University of Virginia