Season 1, Episode 3-Thomas Jefferson and Shadwell

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Season 1, Episode 3: Thomas Jefferson and Shadwell

Founding Father and an exciting adventure tracking down as his birthplace! Listen as we travel to Shadwell and chart Jefferson’s childhood and upbringing, the odd path his birthsite has taken since it burned to the ground, his education and family, and more!

The Shadwell site from Monticello’s official page.

Peter Jefferson’s Shadwell from Virginia Center for Digital History.

Thomas Jefferson’s other boyhood home, Tuckahoe Plantation.

Make sure to listen to Thomas Jefferson’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 2, “Thomas Jefferson and Monticello” for his homes!

Also, listen to Thomas Jefferson’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 3, “Thomas Jefferson’s Tomb” for his gravesite!

From My May 2017 Visit!

Sign at Shadwell.
With the Shadwell sign!
The locked gate and path leading to the marker and birth site.
After talking with the man farming the field, I found the clearing and the rock…in the distance.
The marker, at the left of the image.
Getting closer.
The St Louis Historical Society marker.

From My July 2021 Visit!

Jefferson Birthplace Marker
Locked gate 😦
Day 2: UNLOCKED!
The clearing where the marker is.
Jefferson Birthplace marker.
Loved it
Clearly very excited!
Looking up the mountain from the birthplace!

From My June 2022 Visit!

Shadwell marker completely obscured
Up close
At Shadwell!

From My June 2023 Visit!

Thomas Jefferson’s marker completely obscured!
A closer look
With the marker, under the brush
Just doesn’t seem right
Towards the birth site

From My July 2024 Visit!

Brush cleared away
With the birthplace sign
An open gate!
The clearing where the stone had been
At the location site
Where the stone had been

From My Visit to Tuckahoe!

Thomas Jefferson’s childhood home, Tuckahoe
Tuckahoe entrance
Up the path to Tuckahoe
Marker at Tuckahoe
With Thomas Jefferson’s marker
Tuckahoe map
Tuckahoe gardens
Tuckahoe
Tuckahoe H-frame
Tuckahoe schoolhouse where Thomas Jefferson received his education
Tuckahoe
Gardens
Shaded tunnel
Tuckahoe
Thomas Jefferson portrait by Gilbert Stuart.

Thomas Jefferson Birthplace: 2450 Richmond Road, Charlottesville, Virginia.

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