Founding Father
Author of the Declaration of Independence, statesman and visionary for the founding of a nation. Read More
History of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Bronze statue being lifted into place within the memorial chamber
A Monumental Design
Thomas Jefferson was a passionate student of architecture, and elements of his influential designs appear in the memorial.
"A Shrine to Freedom"
A timeline and photographs show how 75 years ago plans to memorialize America's third president were realized.
A Spokesman for Democracy
Thomas Jefferson was a complex, 19th-century man with a wide ranging impact on the very makeup of American itself.
A Pantheon Among the Cherry Blossoms
Situated on the Tidal Basin among the Japanese flowering cherry trees, the Jefferson Memorial is the perfect place to experience peak bloom.