#monticello

[kayooreh]

I WENT TO MONTICELLO

THERE WAS A HISTORICAL REENACTOR OF JEFFERSON. HIS NAME IS BILL BARKER. I MADE A DRAWING OF HIM AND HE SIGNED IT

best time of my life

[hiidkwhatimdoing7525]

The more I look at this book the funnier the cover gets

let me just...

there. So much better.

[jeanfrancoisrey]

L’Île-Rousse vue de Monticello…

[adventurealldays]

Lloyd’s lake at dawn

[dustzvacuumcleaner]

I don’t have to sell my soul

He’s already in me.

I don’t need to sell my soul

He’s already in me.

[thaliawashere]

Green painted floors at Jefferson's Monticello.

[unteriors]

US Route 1, Monticello, Maine.

[nordleuchten]

Do you know of any Lafayette reenactors who do a good job of portraying him?

Dear Anon,

this question actually had quite the perfect timing because I planned to make a similar post regarding reenactors now that the Bicentennial is approaching.

Good reenacting is walking this very fine line between the accumulated factual knowledge you have and an engaging performance. Reenacting is handling these very tricky questions like “Did you had nightmares during the war?” (real example) that there is little to no source material for.

Probably the most famous La Fayette-reenactor is Mark Schneider. He worked for and with Colonial Williamsburg, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and George Washington’s Mount Vernon to name only a few. He also portraits Napoléon Bonaparte and Benedikt Arnold. There is quite a lot of his content on YouTube and he has produced a number of good quality “talks” with the organizations listed above, especially during the COVID.

Schneider is very versatile. He can give you a young and enthusiastic La Fayette fresh after the Battle of Brandywine or a more mature and sober La Fayette, discussing politics with James Madison in a tavern in 1825. And beside his knowledge of La Fayette, there is also his talent to entertain and engage a crowd. I honestly count on him for the Bicentennial.

The other Reenactor I have in mind is Ben Goldman from the American Historical Theater. Not quite as famous perhaps as Schneider, I have nonetheless seen him a few times and generally liked his performances. He is often invited to represent La Fayette as a guest at an event and not necessarily to portrait in the same way as Schneider does.

There are of course countless other Reenactors but the “smaller” ones are often harder to come by and I am always happy to find someone new – so if any one has a recommendation?

I hope you have/had a wonderful day!

[julesofnature]

"Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education & free discussion are the antidotes of both." ~Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, August 1, 1816

Monticello was the primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson, a Founding Father, author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third president of the United States, who began designing Monticello after inheriting land from his father at the age of 14.

[18thcentury]

Jefferson last Sunday June 9th

and Hamilton today June 14th.

[kayooreh]

I had a dream I went to Monticello except it was a random Cape-Cod-style bungalow in the middle of an isolated forest neighborhood. I never got to go inside because one of the tour guides stopped me and started talking about Jefferson's correspondence with Saddam hussein

[chaotic-history]

more Monticello photos!

^trumbull miniature

^zozo, tj, and hamilton's busts in the entry room

really creepy-looking madison

dick !!

olly cromwell's death mask. excuse the shitty photo

The Bed™️

TJ's riding boots!

btw I definitely recommend visiting! The area is absolutely gorgeous andthe tour inside the house was super informative abt not just TJ but all the other people who lived there too, and the history of what happened to Monticello after Jeffs died, which I hadn't known anything about

[lascitasdelashoras]

Jean Michel Basquiat - Monticello

[adventurealldays]

Lloyd’s lake at sunset

[digitalyarbs]

The Real Face of Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson’s reconstructed life mask. The mask was cast of his head and upper torso by John Henri Issac Browere in 1825. yarbs.net

[peculiarparasol]

I have a sneaking suspicion this tour guide ships Jamilton.

Man had a bust of Alex in his main hall!