Around Jefferson Country: Memorial Day Edition

Here’s what’s happening in Jefferson Country heading into Memorial Day 2009:

TJ Trailer – new film only two days away

The film Thomas Jefferson’s World begins on April 15th, just two days away. Here is a preview:

TJB Weekend Edition: New TJ Visitor Center Preview

The official opening of the new Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center at Monticello is coming up this week on April 15th.

Monticello Visitor Center Grand Opening Update

The new Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center

The good folks of the TJ Foundation have announced that the new Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center (as well as the Smith Education Center) at Monticello will be unveiled on April 15th!

Check back later today for more on the grand opening.

Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center Opens for Visitors Today

Beginning at 11am today, Monticello’s new TJ Visitor Center will become operational. The Visitor Pavillion, Museum Shop, and Cafe will all open their doors. Their will be cookies, and free T-shirts for the kids, as well as the musical stylings of Williamsburg Field Musick bringing you the hottest fife and drum hits of the 1700s and 1800s. (According to their blog, they appeared in HBO’s award-winning John Adams miniseries).

Source: Monticello