| World / USA / District of Columbia / Washington, 3 km from center | Coordinates: 38°52'53"N 77°2'11"W |
A splendid memorial, completed in 1942 during the Roosevelt administration, dedicated to one of the great Founding Fathers, author of the Declaration of Independence, scientist, and third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson.
Inscribed within are several wonderful quotations born of the mind of Jefferson. Fawn Brodie's Biography and to some extent the film, 'Jefferson in Paris' offer very interesting perspectives of his life and times.
“A wise and frugal government which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
President John F. Kennedy welcomed forty-nine Nobel Prize winners to the White House in 1962, saying, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent and of human knowledge that has ever been gathered together at the White House -- with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."[1]
www.nps.gov/thje/
Top photos from this place on google maps: wiki.worldflicks.org/thomas_jefferson_memorial.html .
Category: memorial jefferson
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20 months ago JWut | +1 |
 
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I did... This is my favorite place in all of this city. | ||||
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8 days ago Falcone4 | 0 |
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Beautiful views of the White House from the steps of this impressive monument. | ||||
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