...his own tombstone, which read: Here was Buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of American Independence Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom And Father of the University of Virginia Several hundred miles away, Jefferson's compatriot and friend from Revolutionary War days,...

...his tomb. It was to read: "Here was buried Thomas Jefferson: Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." Jefferson was proudest of these three things. A couple walks outside the Rotunda on the...

...with the everyday problems of the early colonies and a new nation. His tombstone inscription read, "Here was buried Thomas Jefferson author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statutes of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia." Ideas are enduring,...

...for his writing skill. His epitaph, written by Jefferson himself, tells what he was most proud of: "Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration...Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." The son of a wealthy Virginia planter, Jefferson graduated from the College of William and...

...achievements to be proud of, he selected only three for his epitaph: "author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia," and other than the obligatory dates of his birth and death, he stipulated to his heirs that...

...three accomplishments for which he wished to be remembered: "Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." Perhaps realizing that his heirs might think the inscription incomplete, he cautioned that...

..."not a word more" than these: Here was buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of American Independence Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom And Father of the University of Virginia The Declaration was issued in 1776. The Statute was enacted in 1786. "Not a word," Jefferson...

...go south of here to Monticello and you look at his grave, the tombstone says something very simple, "Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statutes of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and the Father of the University of Virginia." It doesn't...

...most important achievements. Here was buried Thomas Jefferson author of the Declaration of American Independence of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and Father of the University of Virginia. THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL In 1934 Congress authorized a national monument to honor the third...

...United States would never have been made. Jefferson directed that his tombstone state that "here is buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration...Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." Jay apparently never attempted a similar list, but it is not hard to construct one for him....