Thomas Jefferson left office on March 4th 1809 when he was almost 66 years old. After retiring he went back to Virginia to stay in his home, Monticello, which he had designed himself. It was a huge house that had 32 rooms and vast gardens.
In Monticello he spent a lot of his time with 12 of his grandkids who lived with him. He also started to spend more time towards his other interests such as science, architecture, natural history, music and gardening. He designed and planted the gardens around Monticello by himself.
He also spent a lot of his time writing letters to people he knew all over the world and wrote almost 18000 letters during his lifetime. All of these letters can be found in libraries or on the Internet. One person with whom …show more content…
Today we have three United States Library of Congress buildings, and the oldest of these, “Thomas Jefferson Building”, is named after him.
Early in 1826, old age, rheumatism and an enlarged prostrate made Jefferson very ill and he became bedridden. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were chosen to be the honored guests at the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence but they were both too ill to attend. They both died on the same day, 4th of July 1826. Thomas Jefferson was 83 years old when he died and was buried on the grounds of Monticello. The Jefferson Memorial, near the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., was dedicated on April 13, 1943, the 200th anniversary of Jefferson’s birth.
When Thomas Jefferson became very ill and knew that he would die soon, he drew the shape of the headstone that he wanted on his tomb and also wrote the words that he wanted to be written on it and said that not a single more word should be added. He wrote, “Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom & Father of the University of Virginia - BORN APRIL 2, 1743, DIED JULY 4.
In Monticello he spent a lot of his time with 12 of his grandkids who lived with him. He also started to spend more time towards his other interests such as science, architecture, natural history, music and gardening. He designed and planted the gardens around Monticello by himself.
He also spent a lot of his time writing letters to people he knew all over the world and wrote almost 18000 letters during his lifetime. All of these letters can be found in libraries or on the Internet. One person with whom …show more content…
Today we have three United States Library of Congress buildings, and the oldest of these, “Thomas Jefferson Building”, is named after him.
Early in 1826, old age, rheumatism and an enlarged prostrate made Jefferson very ill and he became bedridden. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were chosen to be the honored guests at the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence but they were both too ill to attend. They both died on the same day, 4th of July 1826. Thomas Jefferson was 83 years old when he died and was buried on the grounds of Monticello. The Jefferson Memorial, near the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., was dedicated on April 13, 1943, the 200th anniversary of Jefferson’s birth.
When Thomas Jefferson became very ill and knew that he would die soon, he drew the shape of the headstone that he wanted on his tomb and also wrote the words that he wanted to be written on it and said that not a single more word should be added. He wrote, “Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom & Father of the University of Virginia - BORN APRIL 2, 1743, DIED JULY 4.