Institutions such as Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello face a difficult challenge because some visitors to the historic site in rural Virginia are carrying emotional or ideological concerns about the past. HistoryAsItHappens podcast
This is the second in a two-part series of conversations recorded at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello as History As It Happens goes on location, with special guests historian Alan Taylor and Brandon Dillard, Monticello's director of historic interpretation and audience engagement.
The"history wars" have reached Monticello. Visitors to Thomas Jefferson's old plantation in rural Virginia often bring their emotional or ideological baggage.
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