From Thomas Jefferson's own family,
a call to take down his memorial
Yahoo News,
by
Christopher Wilson
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
7/6/2020 1:16:50 PM
A direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson has called for the memorial to the third president to be removed from Washington, D.C. Writing in the New York Times Monday morning, Lucian K. Truscott IV says his ancestor’s former estate at Monticello is enough of a tribute and that the Jefferson Memorial, located next to the Tidal Basin in the nation’s capital, should be replaced with a statue honoring the abolitionist hero Harriet Tubman. “The memorial is a shrine to a man who during his lifetime owned more than 600 slaves and had at least six children with one of them, Sally
Reply 1 - Posted by:
aasilver 7/6/2020 1:22:13 PM (No. 469012)
Yahoo fake news paints the worst possible picture of Jefferson with unproven allegations.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Northcross 7/6/2020 1:24:57 PM (No. 469017)
Son of famous WWII general who became an extreme leftist and Marxist apologist. No surprise here.
And of course from Yahoo a misleading headline, suggesting that the "family" of Jefferson descendants are against him.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
shalimar 7/6/2020 1:25:44 PM (No. 469018)
If you have trouble reading this at Yahoo, here is an alternate source:
https://outline.com/2bZGpG
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 7/6/2020 1:27:42 PM (No. 469023)
By that same logic, Mount Vernon and Hyde Park are sufficient memorials to the Presidents who resided there, so let's knock down the Washington and FDR Monuments in DC and replace them with the left's politically correct heroes of the moment. There really is no limit to the left's lunacy.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Foont 7/6/2020 1:31:07 PM (No. 469028)
Well, after all, what did Thomas Jefferson ever do that was meaningful or worthwhile compared to Harriet Tubman? /s/
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Califedup 7/6/2020 1:33:34 PM (No. 469033)
Lucien Truscott was one of our greatest generals in World War II. His grandson is a wimp, traitor, coward, and isn't fit to kiss the bottom of his grandfather's combat boot. His grandfather would be disgusted with his grandson.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
justavoter 7/6/2020 1:35:04 PM (No. 469035)
The poor idiot decendant of Jefferson doesn’t even realize that Jefferson owned slaves because it was the law because of the amount of land he owned in Virginia. It was through the writings of the Declaration of Independence and followed up in the Constitution that would allow the mechanism to eventually abolish slavery. This guy needs to go study up on his inheritance before sounding off.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Quigley 7/6/2020 1:35:51 PM (No. 469037)
What does Thurston Howell III say?
What a name! He had better run for cover with that moniker.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
GO3 7/6/2020 1:35:57 PM (No. 469038)
Truscott IV is actually the grandson of the famous WWII general who commanded the 3d Infantry Division and then Fifth Army. Truscott IV is a real piece of work. Look up his bio. Among other things he filed a court case to do away with mandatory chapel at the academy while he was there. He later resigned his commission.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Urgent Fury 7/6/2020 1:39:09 PM (No. 469045)
Didn't one of the Truscotts write a novel about the Long Gray Line? Maybe it was this one, got mixed up with the Stephen King crowd, and now he's a Commie. Great.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 7/6/2020 1:40:08 PM (No. 469049)
Bet another descendant of Thomas Jefferson can be found that would say we should keep it. This is all so stupid.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Luandir 7/6/2020 1:42:14 PM (No. 469053)
All that came down this branch of the family tree was sap.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 7/6/2020 1:42:36 PM (No. 469055)
Fake fake lies.
There is not a shred of evidence that Thomas Jefferson had children with Sally Hemmings. Fake lying leftists telling fake lying lies.
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Yahoo?
New York slimes?
Hmmmm.....
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
kidsmom 7/6/2020 1:53:43 PM (No. 469065)
Oh for heaven's sake. Lucian Truscott IV doesn't own the Jefferson Memorial. The American People do; and Washington DC is where it should be~~where Americans visiting the nation's capital can view memorials to our founders. Put up a memorial to Harriet Tubman too. I don't care. Just stop messing with our heritage. Jeez...these people...
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
OhioNick 7/6/2020 2:13:09 PM (No. 469088)
Defund the Cancel Police.
And we all know who's funding this anti-American crap.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Ben Around 7/6/2020 2:21:33 PM (No. 469097)
Direct descendent? Who cares, he doesn't speak for the American people. It's just one man's opinion, for what it's worth.
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I call BS on this dimwit, He is the Grandson of the WWll general
and the son of my CO at MInot AFB North Dakota. His Dad was
a Outstanding Officer and one of the best pilots I ever flew with.
This individual disgraces two outstanding officers and himself.
For the record, Thomas Jefferson was never know to have sex
with the slaves, same cannot be said for his nephew
who spent much time there.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
marbles 7/6/2020 2:23:40 PM (No. 469101)
So, he's a descendant. O.K. That does not make him the arbiter or final word on the contribution to America of his ancestor . In this case, the man that wrote The Declaration of Independence. No small thing. We , the People, greatly value what you do not.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 7/6/2020 2:24:49 PM (No. 469102)
I knew IV’s mother. She live(s/d) vicariously through the name.
She was nuts when I knew her. Not a shred of thoughtful reasoning.
Just liberal tripe and platitudes.
IV came by his nonsense honestly.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
DVC 7/6/2020 2:29:15 PM (No. 469105)
Just because you are related to someone a couple of centuries back doesn't mean you have any brains, any morals or are educated.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
columba 7/6/2020 2:38:20 PM (No. 469118)
Typical Yahoo "News" hit piece.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Strike3 7/6/2020 2:40:14 PM (No. 469119)
Pandering dillweed does not deserve to be an ancestor of Thomas Jefferson. I suspect his ancestry and spit on it.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
OhioNick 7/6/2020 2:43:59 PM (No. 469124)
We now have the technology to finally determine if it was Thomas Jefferson or one of his realtives who impregnated Sally Hemmings. What are we waiting for?
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
lil dotty 7/6/2020 2:55:53 PM (No. 469131)
A couple of letter revisions and Truscott could be a cracker surrounded by a box
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
IdahoJoe 7/6/2020 2:56:32 PM (No. 469132)
I am a descendant of the Tutors on both sides of my family. When I visited London, I was not invited to handle the crown jewels, and no one in England cares what I think of Prince Charles. If tried to pull a statue of Henry VIII down I'd be forcibly removed.
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I remember when they traced the DNA of these "descendants" of Thomas Jefferson and concluded that they were, slightly, more likely descended from Thomas Jefferson's brother or nephew. The conclusion was that Sally Hemings' children were probably not Thomas Jefferson's children.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
stablemoney 7/6/2020 3:04:08 PM (No. 469140)
Who ended better off? Those left in Africa, or those brought to America? The country ended slavery 89 years after founding. Most of the plantation owners were absentee owners residing in Britain or Europe. Half the country never allowed slavery. Oddly, the parts of the country that never allowed slavery have more racial issues that anywhere else. The country is now 244 years old. Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase, and sent Lewis & Clark to the Pacific creating our great country.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
hershey 7/6/2020 3:13:38 PM (No. 469145)
Just another 'woke' sheeple....
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Enoch Powell 7/6/2020 3:21:58 PM (No. 469153)
It appears that inbreeding has turned a mediocre intellect into an imbecile.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Rather Read 7/6/2020 3:29:33 PM (No. 469161)
No, no, no!!!!! Jefferson was one of the titan of his age - there are not ENOUGH memorials to him.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
bad-hair 7/6/2020 3:46:25 PM (No. 469172)
Congress just announced the Millennial Snowflake History Act which decrees that from this day forward US history began with the founding fathers of Twitter.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
PostAway 7/6/2020 3:55:55 PM (No. 469180)
From what I understand, it is scientifically impossible, even at this time, to determine whether or not descendants of Hemings are directly descended from Thomas (even if his genetic material still exists it is too old and decayed to contain much information) but can demonstrate through current Jefferson family descendant DNA that they are descended from Jefferson or a close relative of his. From that information our children are being taught that Jefferson, who lived in the same area as his brother and who had no male children who lived beyond childhood, was a rapist. Lucien Truscutt IV is separated from Jefferson by six generations which gives him 1.56 per cent relation to Jefferson. Whatever children Truscutt has are even more attenuated; so distant as to not be considered genetically related at all by geneticists.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
andyboy 7/6/2020 4:20:33 PM (No. 469209)
How many direct descendants does Thomas Jefferson have, 10 or so generations later? How many other than Lucian K. Trustcott IV are calling for removal of the Jefferson Memorial? Was there a vote taken at the annual cousins club picnic? And what does any of that have to do with anything?
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
MickTurn 7/6/2020 4:22:50 PM (No. 469211)
I'm throwing a MAJOR BS red Flag on this one...
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Namma 7/6/2020 4:24:00 PM (No. 469212)
Thomas Jefferson did more good for this nation, along with the others that wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence. Leave the monument alone.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
udanja99 7/6/2020 4:55:33 PM (No. 469239)
When I think of Jefferson, this is what comes to mind...
John F. Kennedy's Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Nobel Prize Winners of the Western Hemisphere April 29, 1962 - “I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”
If you’ve ever been to Monticello, you know that Jefferson was more than an intellect. He was an amazing designer, architect and botanist, among other things. He is one of my hero’s.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
red1066 7/6/2020 5:13:04 PM (No. 469259)
One might be a relative of Thomas Jefferson, but your removed by how many generations, and you've been brainwashed by the current group think. So your thoughts are no more important than mine.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 7/6/2020 5:31:20 PM (No. 469284)
Statues should be erected to people who gave their lives for this country's freedom. Next to that come people who risked it all for our nation's freedom.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
NYbob 7/6/2020 6:09:34 PM (No. 469329)
So what? I say no, end of discussion. BTW, Yahoo news is not news.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
Boni 7/6/2020 6:20:25 PM (No. 469345)
My relatives fought in every war since the American Revolution, including the Alamo and the Battle at Salado Creek in Texas. I have just as much right as this guy to say, leave the Lincoln Memorial alone. With apologies to John Greenleaf Whittier, " Shoot if you must, this old grey head, but spare your country's monuments."
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
earlybird 7/6/2020 6:23:32 PM (No. 469348)
In my opinion, the Jefferson Memorial is a jewel. A serene small place for quiet contemplation. My favorite.
My least favorite is MLK. I don’t believe even he would have chosen that big chunk of Chinese Communist imagery.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Griller1 7/6/2020 7:49:24 PM (No. 469447)
If they tear down the statue today, then one day they're going to want to tear down Monticello. You can't stop with one and not the other. It's a slow creep to erase all of history. I wonder what they did with the text books we grew up with in the 1960s? They have to be burned so that future generations can't read "real" history.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
Heraclitus 7/6/2020 8:09:06 PM (No. 469476)
Thanks, OP, my sentiment also, and said so well.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
dirtyjersey 7/6/2020 8:09:34 PM (No. 469477)
As soon as Thurston Howell III repays all of the privileges he received from his ancestors, he can speak to the rest of us about fairness.
Like celebrities, they eat half the cake and then curse the baker.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
JimBob 7/6/2020 9:44:06 PM (No. 469539)
Reminds me of watching the Pawn Stars show one evening.
Some soy-boy jerk came in and wanted to pawn his Grandfather's WWII 50-mission leather bomber jacket.
These filth do not deserve to be the descendants of these heroes.
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Every evening I come to this site and get so depressed over the lack of patriotism in this country.I weep for every statue ripped down and the lack of gumption in VA. I think about the joke where the older woman walks out of the store and some little millennial is screaming about veterans. The old lady, a widow of a veteran, tells her she is going to shove her umbrella up her bottom if she doesn't shut up. Lucian needs to be slapped.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 7/7/2020 6:58:30 AM (No. 469720)
To which President Jefferson replied, "Well, you can pick your friends, but not your relatives."
Lucian K. Truscott IV? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
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Lucian K. Truscott the IV can kiss my grits. He doesn't own the legacy of his distant ancestor.