We are currently chatting with Andrew at Monticello. Monticello is where Thomas Jefferson lived. Andrew is giving us interesting facts on Monticello:

  • Thomas Jefferson’s house only has 8 rooms.
  • As soon as the house was finished his wife passed away.
  • Monticello is one of the most important sites in the US.
  • Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence but yet still had slaves.
  • Jefferson was 6 foot 2 and a half and slept sitting up.
  • Thomas Jefferson supported white supremacy and enslaved 607 people in his lifetime.
  • Thomas Jefferson help expand the US by making the Louisiana Purchase.
  • Andrew believes that Jefferson’s house is not cursed. There was a woman looking down from the balcony that was believed to be a ghost because she disappeared.

Thank you Andrew for video chatting with us, it was a pleasure to speak with you!!

By: Kamryn Brown, Sidnee Szymanski, and Hailee Hassel