Everybody loves countdowns, right? Right. So, I’ve come up with my own list of things people get wrong about Jefferson, based on my extensive observation of the stuff people put on the Internet or ask us about. Here goes: Thomas Jefferson wrote the Constitution. That would be the Declaration of Independence. For Pete’s sake, they [...]
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Top 10: Misconceptions about Jefferson
Posted in Reference Questions, TJ Encyclopedia Entries, tagged Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Freemasons, ice cream, inventions, macaroni and cheese, marijuana, Qur'an, religion, vanilla on January 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
If they said it on television, it must be true
Posted in TJ Encyclopedia Entries, tagged Declaration of Independence, hemp, myths on July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Over the July 4th weekend I celebrated by watching a lot of Founding-Fathery patriotic television shows. This was more disturbing than entertaining, as one particular show – which I shall forebear to mention here – set me off on a Rumpelstilskin-esque fit of rage. I actually yelled at my television as it, in all earnestness, [...]
New from the Scout Report: Creating the United States
Posted in Websites of Note, tagged Bill of Rights, Constitution, Declaration of Independence on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since 1994 the Scout Report has listed and annotated praiseworthy websites of interest to librarians, teachers, students, and scholars. Here’s one that we will add to our Thomas Jefferson Portal research database: Creating the United States. More info: As with other countries, the United States is very much a “work in progress”. Of course, the [...]
