Thomas Jefferson /tags/thomas-jefferson Thomas Jefferson en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍřĚěĚĂ Mon, 25 Apr 2022 22:05:51 GMT The Missouri History Museum’s Jefferson statue gets context — and grapples with slavery /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-04-25/the-missouri-history-museums-jefferson-statue-gets-context-and-grapples-with-slavery The Missouri History Museum’s Thomas Jefferson statue was America’s first public memorial dedicated to its third president in 1913. New interpretive panels will acknowledge that he enslaved more than 600 people. Mon, 25 Apr 2022 22:05:51 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-04-25/the-missouri-history-museums-jefferson-statue-gets-context-and-grapples-with-slavery Alex Heuer In Missouri, A Statue Debate Rages Even As Some Confederate Monuments Come Down /2020-06-22/in-missouri-a-statue-debate-rages-even-as-some-confederate-monuments-come-down Four Confederate monuments have been taken down since 2015, representing 20% of the state's total. Mon, 22 Jun 2020 22:23:59 GMT /2020-06-22/in-missouri-a-statue-debate-rages-even-as-some-confederate-monuments-come-down Jodi Fortino On Thomas Jefferson's 274th birthday, we look back on his complicated legacy, meaning in Missouri /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-04-13/on-thomas-jeffersons-274th-birthday-we-look-back-on-his-complicated-legacy-meaning-in-missouri Thursday, April 13, 2017 marked the 274th anniversary of the birth of American founding father Thomas Jefferson.On St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh… Thu, 13 Apr 2017 21:00:08 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-04-13/on-thomas-jeffersons-274th-birthday-we-look-back-on-his-complicated-legacy-meaning-in-missouri Kelly Moffitt Presidents Day: Remembering The Presidents With Local Ties /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-02-16/presidents-day-remembering-the-presidents-with-local-ties Four presidents have ties to the St. Louis area, and each has left his mark on it.Ulysses S. Grant came to St. Louis in 1843 after graduating from the… Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:12:30 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-02-16/presidents-day-remembering-the-presidents-with-local-ties A Conversation With Thomas Jefferson's Modern Editor /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2014-05-15/a-conversation-with-thomas-jeffersons-modern-editor From his commission of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, to the name of the city’s most recognizable landmark, St. Louis has particularly strong ties to… Thu, 15 May 2014 22:55:48 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2014-05-15/a-conversation-with-thomas-jeffersons-modern-editor Thomas Jefferson: Founding Father, Champion Of Liberty & Owner Of Slaves /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2013-08-22/thomas-jefferson-founding-father-champion-of-liberty-owner-of-slaves As the author of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson is seen as a champion of liberty. Yet… Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:50:53 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2013-08-22/thomas-jefferson-founding-father-champion-of-liberty-owner-of-slaves Chronicles of Monticello's slave families reveal other side of Thomas Jefferson /arts/2013-08-20/chronicles-of-monticellos-slave-families-reveal-other-side-of-thomas-jefferson This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 20, 2013: Thomas Jefferson’s convoluted and complicated history as a slave owner – while long… Tue, 20 Aug 2013 22:54:14 GMT /arts/2013-08-20/chronicles-of-monticellos-slave-families-reveal-other-side-of-thomas-jefferson Jo Mannies Books from Thomas Jefferson's personal collection found in Wash. U. library /arts/2011-02-21/books-from-thomas-jeffersons-personal-collection-found-in-wash-u-library http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-953741.mp3Washington University in St. Louis, named for the first American… Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:45:39 GMT /arts/2011-02-21/books-from-thomas-jeffersons-personal-collection-found-in-wash-u-library Maria Altman