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Thomas Jefferson at Mizzou

August 10, 2020
M. Michelle Jarrett Morris

On a bench in the quad a few yards away from the main administration building at Mizzou sits a statue of Thomas Jefferson, lap desk perched on his knee, drafting the Declaration of Independence.  The statue was donated to the university in 2001 by the MU Jefferson Club and has been the subject of controversy […]

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