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Thomas Jefferson Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)
Author of the Declaration of Independence, statesman and visionary for the founding of a nation.
A direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson has called for the memorial to the third president to be removed from Washington, D.C.
Writing in the New York Times Monday morning, Lucian K. Truscott IV says his ancestor's former estate at Monticello is enough of a tribute and that the Jefferson Memorial, located next to the Tidal Basin in the nation's capital, should be replaced with a statue honoring the abolitionist hero Harriet Tubman.
From Thomas Jefferson's own family, a call to take down his memorial
In a New York Times op-ed, Lucian K. Truscott IV argued that Monticello is enough of a tribute to the third president.
A couple years ago, when some of this monument removal talk started heating up, several of us were sounding alarms that it wouldn't JUST be Confederate monuments. Several people ridiculed the opinion. Personally, I wish we'd have been wrong....
A sad day for America if Wash DC's monuments come down. While, I'd like to say I don't believe it's possible.... events of the last few weeks don't give me much hope for that.
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