The Life of Thomas Jefferson

The Life of Thomas Jefferson

Thursday, June 12th

12:30 P.M.

Historian, Jim Gibbons, will present the life of Thomas Jefferson US diplomat in Paris and Minister to France. Gibbons will explain how Jefferson was the creator of the Jefferson Bible, the overseer of the Louisiana Purchase, the President when Lewis and Clark began their expedition, the speaker of five languages, and the founder of the University of Virginia.

He will explain Jefferson’s viewpoints against slavery, yet Jefferson was a slave owner. Gibbons also will discuss Jefferson’s vision for the dynamic future of the United States and his invention and final design of the executive mansion—the White House.