Thomas Jefferson

The Missouri History Museum’s Thomas Jefferson statue was America’s first public memorial dedicated to its third president in 1913. New interpretive panels will acknowledge that he enslaved more than 600 people.

Four Confederate monuments have been taken down since 2015, representing 20% of the state's total.

Thursday, April 13, 2017 marked the 274th anniversary of the birth of American founding father Thomas Jefferson.On St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh…

Four presidents have ties to the St. Louis area, and each has left his mark on it.Ulysses S. Grant came to St. Louis in 1843 after graduating from the…

From his commission of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, to the name of the city’s most recognizable landmark, St. Louis has particularly strong ties to…

As the author of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson is seen as a champion of liberty. Yet…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 20, 2013: Thomas Jefferson’s convoluted and complicated history as a slave owner – while long…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-953741.mp3Washington University in St. Louis, named for the first American…