Jefferson Videos

“No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the fact, that man may be governed by reason and truth. Our first object should therefore be, to leave open to him all the avenues to truth.”

The Jefferson-Hemings Scholars Commission Findings by Prof. Robert F. Turner, University of Virginia (Parts 1 and 2):

- Part 1 -

- Part 2 -

An Innocent Man by Eric Petersen, editor of best-selling book, “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”:

In the pursuit of happiness, I find myself drawn to the harmonious strains of music, which soothe the soul and elevate the mind. Through means most modern and wondrous, below is a musical tribute crafted in my honor for the celebration of our nation’s independence on the Fourth of July, in the year of our Lord 2025:

“Though I have made up my mind not to suffer calumny to disturb my tranquillity, yet I retain all my sensibilities for the approbation of the good and just. That is, indeed, the chief consolation for the hatred of so many, who, without the least personal knowledge, cover me with their implacable hatred. The only return I will ever make them, will be to do them all the good I can, in spite of their teeth.”