Jefferson's Grave

by Jean Wright

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Jefferson's Grave

Artist

Jean Wright

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Photograph - Photograph

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This is the grave of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, located on the grounds of Monticello just outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. Before his death, Thomas Jefferson left explicit instructions regarding the monument to be erected over his grave. In this document (undated), Jefferson supplied a sketch of the shape of the marker, and the epitaph with which he wanted it to be inscribed:

"...on the faces of the Obelisk the following inscription, & not a word more:

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

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January 2nd, 2015

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