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FHSF Program | Jefferson and the Founding of the University of Virginia
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Farmington Historical Society Foundation Presents:
Jefferson and the Founding of the University of Virginia
Thursday, September 26
$25 per person (Complimentary for FHSF donors)
5:30pm (Social) | 6:00pm (Program)
Book signing will be available between 5:30–5:45pm and 7:00–7:15pm.
Already renowned as a statesman, Thomas Jefferson in his retirement from government turned his attention to the founding of an institution of higher learning, the University of Virginia. UVA Professor Dr. Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy, author of
The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind: Thomas Jefferson's Idea of a University
, will discuss Jefferson in retirement and the University of Virginia in its earliest years, specifically the conflict between “all men are created equal” and the institution of slavery.
Online reservation is not allowed.
