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Monticello Shrine Dream Faces Million Dollar Drive
The Jefferson Memorial Foundation seeks a million dollars by popular subscription to buy Monticello and keep it as a national memorial. Monticello owner Jefferson M. Levy agreed to sell after family ties and patriotic motives influenced the move. The plan hinges on public support to preserve Jefferson's Virginia home and legacy.
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Ehod Thomas Jeferson
Monticello
Jefferson
Virginia
Jefferson M. Levy
Commodore Uriah P. Levy
United States Navy
Memorial Foundation
Commodore Uriah Phillips Levy
Martin W. Littleton
United States
William and Mary College
Continental Congress
Adams
Sherman
Franklin
Livingston
Congress
France
Washington
John Adams
University of Virginia
Martha Wales Skelton
Jackson
Tripoli
Louisiana Purchase
Hamilton
Burr
Lewis and Clark
Pike
Rocky Mountains
England
Sulton
Clermont
New York
Albany
Charlotte
Shadwell
Martha Wayles Skelton
Raynor
Little Mountains
Philadelphia
Richmond
Edmund Baker