United States of America

{"ops":[{"insert":"The "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"White House"},{"insert":" is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Washington, D.C."},{"insert":", and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1800"},{"insert":". The term \"White House\" is often used as a metonym for the president and his advisers. The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the neoclassical style. Photo credit: Cezary Piwowarski.\n"}]}

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{"ops":[{"insert":"A life-size bronze statue at "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Monticello"},{"insert":" of the 188 cm (6ft 2in) "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Thomas Jefferson"},{"insert":", an American Founding Father, principal author of the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Declaration of Independence"},{"insert":", and the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"third President"},{"insert":" of the United States.\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"The front view of Monticello, "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Thomas Jefferson's home"},{"insert":", near "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Charlottesville, Virginia"},{"insert":". The third president of the United States completed the original house in "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1772"},{"insert":". In 1794 he began to rebuild the structure, blending his own architectural style with his favorite European designs. Remodeling continued on and off for most of the remainder of his life.\n"}]}

The distinctive West Front (back) of Monticello is actually the better known view of Jefferson's home. Photography is not allowed inside the living quarters of the house, which includes skylights that Jefferson designed.

{"ops":[{"insert":"Jefferson designed the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"wind compass"},{"insert":" on the ceiling of the Monticello portico; it is attached to the weather vane directly above it on the roof. The portico clockface reflects the time on the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Great Clock"},{"insert":" in the entrance hall interior of the house. The Great Clock with its two faces was considered to be sophisticated technology for its time. Unlike the Great Clock of the interior, the portico clockface does not have a minute hand. When Jefferson was living on the plantation, a bell rang on the hour and could be heard for approximately "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"five miles"},{"insert":". Jefferson wanted everyone on the plantation to be on the same time schedule.\n"}]}

The weather vane Jefferson designed to direct the wind compass.

A section of the plantation's prolific vegetable and herb gardens and apple, peach, cherry, and several other orchards overlooking a view of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Jefferson and his guests sat inside the brick structure to appreciate the gardens, orchards, and view.

Monticello's primary kitchen.

{"ops":[{"insert":"Jefferson designed a room in his house's cellar for brewing and storing "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"beer"},{"insert":", a popular table liquor during his era.\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), known by his pen name "},{"attributes":{"bold":true,"link":"https://cyberspace23.com/quote.php?type=name&id=5&cat=Quote%20of%20the%20Week#cdm-recipe-listings-start"},"insert":"Mark Twain"},{"insert":", was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the \""},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"greatest humorist the United States] has produced"},{"insert":"\", and William Faulkner called him \"the father of American literature\". His novels include "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"},{"insert":" (1876) and its sequel, the "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"},{"insert":" (1884), the latter often called \"The Great American Novel\". \n"}]}

{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true,"link":"https://cyberspace23.com/quote.php?type=name&id=5&cat=Quote%20of%20the%20Week#cdm-recipe-listings-start"},"insert":"Mark Twain"},{"insert":" in the lab of "},{"attributes":{"bold":true,"link":"https://cyberspace23.com/quote.php?type=name&id=35&cat=Quote%20of%20the%20Week#cdm-recipe-listings-start"},"insert":"Nikola Tesla"},{"insert":", spring of "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1894"},{"insert":". Clemens is holding Tesla's experimental vacuum lamp, which is powered by a loop of wire which is receiving electromagnetic energy from a Tesla coil (not visible). Tesla's face is visible in the background. This photograph was originally published as part of an article by T.C. Martin called \"Tesla's Oscillator and Other Inventions\" that appeared in the "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Century Magazine "},{"insert":"(April 1895).\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"Astronaut "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Buzz Aldrin"},{"insert":" of the 1969"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Apollo 11"},{"insert":" mission salutes the U.S flag on the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Moon"},{"insert":". He was the second human to step on the lunar surface, right after Neil Armstrong. Photo credit: NASA / Neil Armstrong.\n"}]}