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	Jefferson Memorial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The memorial was constructed with Danby Imperial marble (Vermont) for the exterior walls and columns, Tennessee pink marble for the interior floor, Georgian white marble for the interior wall panels, and Missouri gray marble for the pedestal.
		The Jefferson Memorial was officially dedicated on April 13, 1943 — the 200th anniversary of Jefferson's birth.
		The interior of the memorial has a 19 foot (5.8 m) tall, 10,000 pound (4.5 t) bronze statue of Jefferson by sculptor Rudolph Evans which was added four years after the dedication, and the interior walls are engraved with passages from Jefferson's writings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jefferson_Memorial (612 words)

	Jefferson Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Jefferson Memorial is located on part of an ___________________ on the south side of the ____________________.
		The memorial’s construction began on Nov. 15, 1938 and was completed November 15, 1989.The memorial is located on part of an eighteen acre lot close to the South side of the Tidal Basin.
		Jefferson wrote his own appraisal of his life to put on his tombstone: “Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statue of Virginia for religious freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.
	www.carteretcountyschools.org /aes/dc/JeffersonMemorial.htm (563 words)

	Monuments & Memorials -- Jefferson Memorial
		Jefferson's importance as one of the great figures in the Nation's history demanded a memorial site of prominence in the Capital City equal to that occupied by the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.
		Placing the Jefferson Memorial on the Tidal Basin, directly south of the White House achieved this, for these monuments, the White House, and the Capitol completed the east-west axis and its complementary north-south alignment, creating a monumental heart for the city.
		Rudulph Evans was sculptor of the bronze statue of Jefferson in the center of the memorial.
	tourofdc.org /monuments/jefferson-memorial (633 words)

	Jefferson Memorial
		His intention was to synthesize Jefferson's contribution as a statesman, architect, President, drafter of the Declaration of Independence, adviser of the Constitution and founder of the University of Virginia.
		The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission was created to direct the erection of a memorial to Thomas Jefferson by an Act of Congress approved in June 1934.
		It was intended to represent the Age of Enlightenment and Jefferson as a philosopher and statesman.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/wash/dc73.htm (478 words)

	Thomas Jefferson Memorial (National Park Service)
		Jefferson left to the future not only ideas but also a great body of practical achievements.
		President John F. Kennedy recognized Jefferson's accomplishments when he told a gathering of American Nobel Prize winners that they were the greatest assemblage of talent in the White House since Jefferson had dinner there alone.
		But in the end, Jefferson's own appraisal of his life, and the one that he wrote for use on his own tombstone, suffices: "Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.
	www.nps.gov /thje (174 words)

	Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway was conceived in 1913 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (U.D.C.).
		The memorial was justified on the basis that Jefferson Davis, as U.S. Secretary of War before the Civil War, had obtained appropriations and directed surveys for wagon roads and railroads to the North Pacific Coast.
		The Jefferson Davis Highway directors are doing constructive work in every state, and patriotically the women of the United States feel that nothing could tend to the greater unity and understanding of the people than that two transcontinental highways should be named for the two great leaders of the critical period of American history.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov /infrastructure/jdavis.htm (2413 words)

	Thomas Jefferson Memorial Home Page
		THOMAS JEFFERSON - political philosopher, architect, musician, book collector, scientist, horticulturist, diplomat, inventor, and third President of the United States - looms large in any discussion of what Americans are as a people.
		President John F. Kennedy recognized Jefferson's accomplishments when he told a gathering of American Nobel Prize winners that they were the greatest assemblage of talent in the White House since Jefferson had dined there alone.
		With his strong beliefs in the rights of man and a government derived from the people, in freedom of religion and the separation between church and state, and in education available to all, Thomas Jefferson struck a chord for human liberty 200 years ago that resounds through the decades.
	www.nps.gov /thje/home.htm (185 words)

	MSN Encarta - Thomas Jefferson Memorial
		The building is a graceful rotunda, or circular structure, encircled by a colonnade of 26 Ionic columns and capped with a domed ceiling.
		Construction began in 1939 and the memorial was dedicated in 1943.
		Jefferson’s thoughts on independence and freedom are inscribed on panels of white Georgia marble.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761575820/Thomas_Jefferson_Memorial.html (280 words)

	Explore DC: Jefferson Memorial
		Modeled on the Roman Pantheon, the Jefferson Memorial is nestled on the south bank of the Tidal Basin.
		Inscribed on the walls of the memorial are Jefferson's words, including excerpts from the Declaration and other writings on the role of government, religious freedom and the evils of slavery.
		When the Jefferson Memorial was dedicated in 1943, a plaster replica of the statue was used instead of the bronze figure that is seen today.
	www.exploredc.org /index.php?id=127 (438 words)

	The history of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
		The Jefferson Memorial Memorial at the National Mall in Washington D.C. pays tribute to the author of the Declaration of Independence, one of our nation's founding fathers, a former President, an architect, farmer, educator, and one of the most enlightened men of the 18th Century.
		The idea for the memorial came from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was upset that there was not a memorial dedicated to the accomplishments Jefferson, like there was to Lincoln and Washington.
		The goal of the committee was to honor Jefferson as a president, politician, farmer, architect, educator, and intellectual.
	sdsd.essortment.com /thomasjefferson_rjdb.htm (734 words)

	National Park Service - The Presidents (Jefferson Memorial)
		Jefferson's position in the Nation's history demanded a memorial site of prominence in the central plan of the Capital and in relation to other national memorials already built.
		The entrance to the memorial is from the plaza on the north, or Tidal Basin, side.
		The interior of the memorial is dominated by a heroic statue of Jefferson.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/presidents/site5.htm (697 words)

	Jefferson Memorial
		The ground breaking for the Jefferson Memorial was Dec. 15, 1938.
		Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 and he died on July 4, 1826.
		The bronze memorial was one of the biggest accomplishments in his honor at that time.
	www.carteretcountyschools.org /aes/dc03/JeffersonMemorial.htm (723 words)

	Fanning on Kimball and the Jefferson Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Jefferson Memorial stood at the center of the angriest and most prolonged debate ever in American architecture, between the old guard of historicist architects, and modernists, who believed historical design lacked any relevance for the twentieth century.
		The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission, authorized by Congress in 1934, was chaired by congressman John Boylan, a Tammany Hall Democrat from Manhattan who had advocated such a monument for years.
		This was the final straw, and the Jefferson Memorial Commission obtained Roosevelt's approval to proceed with the pantheon, in spite of furious protests from architects and the public, organized by Clarke, which continued throughout 1937 and 1938.
	www.lib.virginia.edu /clemons/RMC/exhib/fiske/conference/Fanning.html (1661 words)

	Jefferson Memorial Forest – History
		Today, the Jefferson Memorial Forest encompasses approximately 5,600 acres in southwest Jefferson County and portions of northern Bullitt County south of the Gene Snyder Freeway and between I-65 and Dixie Highway.
		Jefferson County Playground and Recreation Board resolved to discuss a parkway linking the six existing tracts of the Jefferson Memorial Forest.
		Jefferson Memorial Forest dedicated as a national Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge, Dr. Elvis Star, then president of the Society, presided over a ceremony at what is now the Paul Yost Recreation Area.
	www.memorialforest.com /history (1742 words)

	NPR's All Things Considered: Lighting Up the Jefferson Memorial
		The memorial to America's third president, who penned the Declaration of Independence and founded the University of Virginia, was originally designed without outdoor lighting.
		Jefferson, who was also an accomplished designer, is credited with introducing the classical style to America.
		The 19-foot-tall bronze statue of Jefferson in the center of the memorial was sculpted by Rudolph Evans.
	www.npr.org /programs/atc/features/2001/aug/jefferson/010823.jefferson.html (543 words)

	Wildernet - Thomas Jefferson Memorial
		Description - The Jefferson Memorial dominates the south side of the Tidal Basin near the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The white marble structure including Colorado Yule and Tripods Pink Tennessee are a shrine to the third President.
		The memorial originally cost $3 million and was dedicated on April 13, 1943, the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson.
		Neither is allowed in the memorial or monument areas such as in the chambers of the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, or along the walls at the Vietnam and Korean War Memorials.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=DCNPTJ&CU_ID=127 (839 words)

	Jefferson Memorial / The Tidal Basin, Washington D.C.
		Jefferson Memorial / The Tidal Basin, Washington D.C. Jefferson Memorial / The Tidal Basin, Washington D.C..
		Jefferson Memorial / The Tidal Basin: The Jefferson Memorial
		Jefferson Memorial / The Tidal Basin: Jefferson Memorial and the Tidal Basin
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/Washington_DC/Things_To_Do-Washington_DC-Jefferson_Memorial_The_Tidal_Basin-BR-1.html (1941 words)

	Jefferson Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Jefferson Memorial is a monument in Washington, DC to Thomas Jefferson.
		The memorial was designed by John Russell Pope (1874 - 1937), the architect of the original (west) building of the National Gallery of Art.
		It reflects characteristics of buildings designed by Jefferson such as Monticello and the University of Virginia, which were a result of his fascination with Roman architecture.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /US-National-Memorials/Jefferson-Memorial.html (496 words)

	Close Up Foundation Civics Education \| Washington, D.C. Virtual Tour
		Inscribed on the memorial’s four interior wall panels are quotations from the Declaration of Independence, the Statute for Religious Freedom of Virginia, Jefferson’s Summary View, Notes on the State of Virginia and other writings, and a letter Jefferson wrote to Samuel Kercheval (1816).
		The statue of Jefferson, situated in the middle of the building, stands 19 feet tall atop a 6-foot block of Minnesota granite.
		Before the memorial was built, the Tidal Basin site had been operated by the District’s government as a segregated beach for the District’s white residents.
	www.closeup.org /tr_jeff.htm (210 words)

	Educational Travel, Student Group Tours, and Music Trips by Travel Adventures
		The Thomas Jefferson Memorial, situated along the Tidal Basin, is a fitting tribute to this man.
		The Commission to build a memorial to Jefferson was created by Congress in 1934, but due to some conflicts and controversy on the location and design of the memorial, groundbreaking did not take place until 1938.
		The nineteen-foot bronze statue of Jefferson that stands in the middle of the memorial today was not added until 1947.
	www.traveladventures.com /vendortemplate_files/dcjefferson.htm (246 words)

	The Jefferson Memorial
		President John F. Kennedy recognized Jefferson's accomplishments when he told a gathering of American Nobel Prize winners that they were the greatest assemblage of talent in the White House since Thomas Jefferson dined there alone.
		Placing the Jefferson Memorial on the Tidal basin, directly south of the White House achieved this, for these monuments, the White House, and the Capitol completed the east-west axis and its complimentary north-south alignment, creating a monumental heart for the city.
		The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a unit of the National Park Service, which consists of more than 350 parks representing important examples of our country's natural and cultural inheritance.
	www.cyberlearning-world.com /nhhs/compapps/workshop/dc/jefferson.htm (542 words)

	Jefferson Memorial -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Huge representations of the heads of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, each about 60 feet (18 metres) tall, are carved in granite on the southeast side of Mount Rushmore to symbolize the...
		Jefferson's family consisted of his eldest daughter, Martha (previously called Patsy), and her husband and children.
		Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, which was approved by the Continental Congress and singed on July 4.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9043481 (730 words)

	Jefferson Memorial - Reviews on RateItAll
		This memorial has 4 outdoor rooms representing the 4 terms FDR served as the president.
		The Lincoln Memorial had gone up and when the Democrats came in with FDR, they were determined to have a Democratic Party Memorial and so we got the Jefferson Memorial and the Jefferson nickel.
		Jefferson is one of the most influencial persons in modern history - most Constitutions are based on his thinking.
	www.rateitall.com /i-9820-jefferson-memorial.aspx (461 words)

	Additional Reading (from Jefferson Memorial) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The campus of Lincoln Memorial University covers 1,000 acres (400 hectares) in rural Harrogate, Tenn., 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of Knoxville.
		The institution was chartered on Feb. 12, 1897, the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, as a living memorial to the deceased United States president, who had advocated creating a university in the region after the American Civil War.
		The author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States, serving from 1801 to 1809.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-214929 (903 words)

	Thomas Jefferson Memorial
		Thomas Jefferson struck a chord for human liberty 200 years age that resounds through the decades.
		Parking is available for longer periods along Ohio Drive near the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials.
		Neither are allowed in the memorial or monument areas such as in the chambers of the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, or along the walls at the Vietnam and Korean BY SHUTTLE TOUR: Tourmobile Sightseeing offers daily narrated shuttle tours to 18 major sites on the National Mall and in Arlington National Cemetery.
	www.milebymile.com /main/United_States/district_of_columbia/national_parks/Thomas_Jefferson.html (555 words)

	Thomas Jefferson Memorial
		Thomas Jefferson Memorial, monument, 18 acres (7 hectares), in East Potomac Park, on the Tidal Basin, Washington, D.C.; authorized by Congress 1934, built 1938–43, dedicated 1943.
		Inside is a 19-ft (5.8-m) statue of Jefferson by the sculptor Rudulph Evans.
		Jefferson Memorial - Jefferson Memorial: see Thomas Jefferson Memorial.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0848530.html (179 words)

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