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 * Governor of Virginia
 * U.S. minister of France
 * Secretary of State under George Washington
 * Vice President under John Adams
 * President of the United States
 * Author of Declaration of Independence
 * Wrote Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
 * Founded the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
 * John Russel Pope was the first architect


 * August 1737, Pope died; Daniel P. Higgins and Otto R. Eggers took over construction
 * Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission - Act by Congress to direct the monument’s creation, approved by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, June 1934.
 * Designed to look like the Roman Parthenon and Jefferson’s design of the University of Virginia.
 * Statue of Jefferson, made of bronze and created by Rudolph Evans in 1941, represents the Age of Enlightenment and Jefferson’s accomplishments as a philosopher and a statesman.
 * Five quotes from Thomas Jefferson written on the walls of the memorial.
 * The most famous quote on the wall is taken from a letter from Jefferson written to Dr.Rush
 * Finished in 1943
 * Jefferson Memorial is located in West Potomac Park on the shore of the Potomac River Tidal Basin.

Works Consulted
Borden, Morton. "Jefferson, Thomas." //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia//. Grolier Online, 2010. Web. 28 Sept. 2010. "Thomas Jefferson Memorial." //American Architecture//. Essential Architecture, n.d Web. 30 Sept. 2010. Abramson, Ben. "Jefferson Memorial." //Washington Post//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Oct. 2010. "Jefferson Memorial." //A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary// // Washington D.C. // National Register of Historic Places, n.d. Web. 30 Sept 2010. "Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom." //The Story of Virginia an America Experience//. Virginia Historical History, n.d. Web. 30 Sept. 2010.