When envisioning its major exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, the Museum of ...
On Nov. 15, 1939, President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone, which included copies of: The National Park Service (NPS) described Thomas ... The memorial was dedicated on Jefferson’s 200th ...
The 60-foot-tall profiles of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln were intended to represent the first 150 years of America's history and cultural heritage.
After he was elected in the 1930s, Franklin Roosevelt pushed to get a memorial for Jefferson. Congress created the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission. Architect John Russell Pope designed the ...