July 4th

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Happy Birthday to U.S.

From the mountains of Wintergreen to the valley where Scottsville sits, the Charlottesville area is exploding with...

New American citizens...

By Natalie Jacobsen and Whitney Kenerly Each July 4, people of many nationalities gather on the steps of Thomas...

Monticello still down—and...

For more than a week, Thomas Jefferson’s home has reverted back to a time when it didn’t have online ticketing and...

What a weekend! Fireworks,...

Friday, July 3 Keith Morris and the Crooked Numbers An original singer-songwriter with deep roots in the South. He...

Forgotten Founder

Preamble When I got the assignment a couple of months ago to write about Jefferson and his protégé William Short and...

Bombs bursting in air

There are few concepts more quintessentially American than gathering friends and family for a gluttonous grill-out...

July 4th naturalization...

Like George M. Cohan, composer of such patriotic favorites as Grand Old Flag and Yankee Doodle Dandy,...