Monticello Magazine 2023 Spring-Summer

ONGOING | ON-SITE MOUNTAINTOP ACTIVITY CENTER Write with a quill pen, play 18th-century games and enjoy more activities at this outdoor hands-on activity center. Open seasonally. Check back for more details on monticello.org/activity- center. EXPLORE THE SAUNDERS- MONTICELLO TRAIL Celebrate the return of warm weather with a visit to the Saunders-Monticello Trail. Explore 370 acres of land along Thomas Jefferson Parkway, and enjoy miles of rustic woodland paths, boardwalks and gravel walkways winding through hardwood forest, deep ravines and spectacular views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Stop into Monticello Farm Table café for refreshments. Visit monticello.org/trail for more information.

JULY 4 | ON-SITE INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION AND NATURALIZATION CEREMONY The annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony at Monticello — one of America’s most moving July 4th events — includes remarks by a featured speaker, a Jeffersonian Open House with free walk-through tours of the first floor, patriotic music and more! FREE. West Lawn. monticello.org/july4. This celebration is made possible with support from Sally and Joe Gladden, Michie Tavern, and Charlottesville Albemarle Convention & Visitors Bureau.

LOCATED AT MONTICELLO’S DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN VISITOR CENTER, THE CAFÉ WELCOMES THE PUBLIC WHEN MONTICELLO IS OPEN AND DOES NOT REQUIRE AN ADMISSION TICKET. MONTICELLO.ORG/FARMTABLE

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