DECLARING INDEPENDENCE—AMERICA 1776, IRELAND 1919
By Daniel Mulhall If you visit Thomas Jefferson’s magnificent home at Monticello near Charlottesville in Virginia and view his grave, its inscription may puzzle: Here was buriedThomas JeffersonAuthor of theDeclarationOfAmerican Independenceof theStatute of VirginiaForReligious Freedomand father of theUniversity of Virginia It makes no mention of the fact that he was the third president of the … Read more