My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
Investigating the Executive Branch: The Trial of Thomas Jefferson, Governor
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"Public offices are, what they should be, burdens to those appointed to them which it would be wrong to decline, though foreseen to bring with them intense labor and great private loss." So wrote a newly elected governor Jefferson to a friend. We take a look at his experience and the Revolutionary War in Virginia, discover a forgotten hero and learn a bit about Executive branch meets Legislative branch in the process.
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