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The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington,
D.C. dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an American Founding Father and the third
President of the United States. The neoclassical building was designed by the
architect John Russell Pope and built by the Philadelphia contractor John
McShain. Construction of the building began in 1939 and was completed in
1943. The bronze statue of Jefferson was added in 1947.
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More interesting history in Jefferson's home in Monticello- Virginia
Rangarajan Ramaswamy Bangalore 1 Jan, 2014
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