Tag: Thomas Jefferson

Direct descendant calls for Thomas Jefferson to be removed and replaced with Harriet Tubman at DC memorial

Madison Dibble · July 6, 2020 9:51 pm

Beltway Confidential

The 2020 census faces many of the same challenges as the first

J. Mark Powell · July 6, 2020 4:00 am

Artist John Trumbull's 1818 painting of the presentation of the first draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Second Continental Congress.

A perfect moment to celebrate America’s founding

Washington Examiner · July 3, 2020 4:00 am

A statue of George Washington stands in the empty Capitol Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on the third day of the partial government shutdown Monday, Dec. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Pelosi will not seek removal of Washington and Jefferson likenesses in the Capitol

Susan Ferrechio · July 2, 2020 8:23 pm

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House will vote Thursday on a measure limiting President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against Iran as Democratic criticism of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general intensified.

Founding Fathers too? Pelosi says subject every monument to ‘review’ for removal

Zach Halaschak · June 25, 2020 8:16 pm

Indiana Democrat: Washington and Jefferson statues should be removed

Kerry Picket · June 25, 2020 7:42 pm

Media ridiculed Trump in 2017 for predicting social justice movement would target Washington and Jefferson

Emma Colton · June 22, 2020 8:06 pm

Chirlane McCray, wife of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, speaks at a memorial for George Floyd, at Cadman Plaza Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Thursday, June 4, 2020. Floyd, an African American man, died on May 25 after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into his neck for several minutes even after he stopped moving and pleading for air.

De Blasio wife Chirlane McCray tasked with deciding fate of Washington and Jefferson statues in NYC

Spencer Neale · June 19, 2020 10:02 pm

New York City council members call on Bill de Blasio to remove Thomas Jefferson statue

Madison Dibble · June 19, 2020 5:04 pm

Beltway Confidential

Now, they’re coming for George Washington and Thomas Jefferson

Philip Klein · June 19, 2020 1:13 pm

‘Serpentine walls and slavery’: University of Virginia ditches saber logo based on Thomas Jefferson design

Spencer Neale · June 17, 2020 10:14 am

Thomas Jefferson quoted on new British coin commemorating Brexit

Carlin Becker · January 26, 2020 6:09 pm