I'm just confounded that they would choose someone like McCullough to narrate this video,who by his own admission said,"he didn't care for Jefferson all that much."
I love how so many people on here succumb to the lies and rumors that surround Jefferson's true glory. If you want to actually learn about Thomas Jefferson, go pick up the book The Real Thomas Jefferson. The rumor about Thomas Jefferson fathering illegitimate children with his slave Sally Hemings is from a smear campaign by a newpaper columnist that was arrested for opposing Adam's presidency, but then wasn't offered a position by Jefferson so he began writing for a Federalist newspaper.
@giftofyah im not denying anything you just wrote, and what you just wrote doesn't really address what i was saying. but also, how could there be a US mint or a Bank of America before Thomas Jefferson? Don't you need a nation for all of that? and i thought Alexander Hamilton was the one who started up the first National Bank...
@giftofyah please, that's ridiculous. yeah, he owned slaves. yeah, he had illegitimate children with one of them. but cmon, this guy was one of the great thinkers in the history of the world. his ideas actually helped lead to the end of slavery. i agree with you that all of the founds were hypocrites, but you can't deny the absolutely GREAT influence they had in founding the nation we all love today, for its freedom AND its faults.
This is one of the most fantastic videos of Monticello ever made. David McCullough is the perfect narrator. Jefferson was the living embodiment of Americanism. What a shame our public schools no longer teach the greatness of the Founding Fathers and the tremendous sacrifices they made for us. I believe the Declaration of Independence, which Jefferson called "an expression of the American mind, and the constitution were divinely inspired. Every American should vow to visit Monticello.
At the rate I'm going, this video is the closest I'll ever get to Monticello. I watched every bit of footage very closely. Absolutely fascinating. What a mind.
I'm just confounded that they would choose someone like McCullough to narrate this video,who by his own admission said,"he didn't care for Jefferson all that much."
cowbelltg 4 months ago
Is this from a DVD that can be purchased?
ronleon62 1 year ago
Jefferson did write an autobiography at age 77...I've read it 10 times..not sure why McCullough conveyed that he didn't?
BuddyBrownMusic 1 year ago
David McCullough is a national treasure.
ronleon62 1 year ago 2
I love how so many people on here succumb to the lies and rumors that surround Jefferson's true glory. If you want to actually learn about Thomas Jefferson, go pick up the book The Real Thomas Jefferson. The rumor about Thomas Jefferson fathering illegitimate children with his slave Sally Hemings is from a smear campaign by a newpaper columnist that was arrested for opposing Adam's presidency, but then wasn't offered a position by Jefferson so he began writing for a Federalist newspaper.
gonesouthin 1 year ago
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RonPaulRevolution4u 1 year ago
@giftofyah what the hell are you talking about? lol
jkjl234 1 year ago
@giftofyah im not denying anything you just wrote, and what you just wrote doesn't really address what i was saying. but also, how could there be a US mint or a Bank of America before Thomas Jefferson? Don't you need a nation for all of that? and i thought Alexander Hamilton was the one who started up the first National Bank...
jkjl234 1 year ago
@giftofyah please, that's ridiculous. yeah, he owned slaves. yeah, he had illegitimate children with one of them. but cmon, this guy was one of the great thinkers in the history of the world. his ideas actually helped lead to the end of slavery. i agree with you that all of the founds were hypocrites, but you can't deny the absolutely GREAT influence they had in founding the nation we all love today, for its freedom AND its faults.
jkjl234 1 year ago
This is one of the most fantastic videos of Monticello ever made. David McCullough is the perfect narrator. Jefferson was the living embodiment of Americanism. What a shame our public schools no longer teach the greatness of the Founding Fathers and the tremendous sacrifices they made for us. I believe the Declaration of Independence, which Jefferson called "an expression of the American mind, and the constitution were divinely inspired. Every American should vow to visit Monticello.
Tiadaghton1 2 years ago 2
At the rate I'm going, this video is the closest I'll ever get to Monticello. I watched every bit of footage very closely. Absolutely fascinating. What a mind.
rakkav 2 years ago
He and John Adams lived on 50 years after the signing of The Declaration of Independence, to the very day!
obeyThem 2 years ago
i wonder if its haunted.
annielwhite 3 years ago
No.
Amilitantatheist 2 years ago