The Jefferson Memorial guards the ideas as well as the image of the nation's third president, who wished to be remembered more for his authorship of the Declaration of Independence and the ...

Given the memorial's location, the stern-looking King should also prod Thomas Jefferson with this quote: "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its ...

The Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., was dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt 73 years ago today, ... ONE OF THE QUOTES INSCRIBED ON THE WALLS DIDN'T ACTUALLY BELONG TO JEFFERSON.

Hundreds of thousands of people have since then looked and lingered beneath the memorial's granite centerpiece that stares across the Tidal Basin at the Jefferson Memorial. And they've read quotes ...