through a clouded and biased prism of today. And yet, that seems to be taking place in a disturbing way at both homes thanks to the dictates of some liberals and Democrats who help run both The Thomas Jefferson Foundation and The National Trust for Historic Preservation which owns Madison’s beloved Montpelier.
Monticello The 5,000-acre plantation was the home of Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States.to"finish the restoration of the landscape of slavery" — there is signage and interactive displays which incessantly link Jefferson to that subject. One of the main tours now at his home is entitled:"Slavery at Monticello.
Visitors at Monticello are now greeted by a faceless black man framed in a very large painting which was commissioned in honor of Juneteenth. Complementing that artwork are books sold on the Monticello property by critical race proponents like Ibram X. Kendi and Ta-Nehisi Coates, as well as several non-fiction works on Jefferson’s slaves. Where the homes once listed job descriptions of servants, all are now preceded by the word"Enslaved.
President John F. Kennedy seemed to view Jefferson differently in 1962 when he said at the White House in honor of Nobel Prize winners:"I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever gathered together at The White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
The same treatment goes for James Madison — only the man known as"The Father of the Constitution" and who was the force behind the Federalist papers and the Bill of Rights. Yet, in his own home, he is now labeled"The Enslaver."
Tell the whole truth. Tell his whole story, good and bad. Don’t pick and choose the parts that fit a certain agenda and omit the rest. Be honest, accurate, and complete.