{"id":13556,"date":"2023-07-06T10:42:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T14:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/?p=13556"},"modified":"2023-07-06T11:37:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T15:37:23","slug":"july-4-monticello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/july-4-monticello\/","title":{"rendered":"July 4 Monticello"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_13558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13558\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-John-Ch-Thomas.jpg\" alt=\"John Charles Thomas\" width=\"1028\" height=\"687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-John-Ch-Thomas.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-John-Ch-Thomas-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-John-Ch-Thomas-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-John-Ch-Thomas-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Honorable John Charles Thomas delivers the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13556-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Thomas-Jefferson-Monticello_01.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Thomas-Jefferson-Monticello_01.mp3\">http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Thomas-Jefferson-Monticello_01.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13574\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13574\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-east-view.jpg\" alt=\"Mcello east view\" width=\"1028\" height=\"687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-east-view.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-east-view-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-east-view-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-east-view-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I had planned to skip the celebration this year. But when the 4th arrived, I could not resist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13573\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13573\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-sunflower.jpg\" alt=\"sunflowers\" width=\"1028\" height=\"687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-sunflower.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-sunflower-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-sunflower-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-sunflower-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walked up the mountain via Mulberry Row.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13575\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-garden-1.jpg\" alt=\"chair\" width=\"1028\" height=\"687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-garden-1.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-garden-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-garden-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-garden-1-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(can someone please recount the history of this structure?)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13571\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13571\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-fife-and-drum.jpg\" alt=\"dudes with tricorner hats\" width=\"1028\" height=\"687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-fife-and-drum.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-fife-and-drum-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-fife-and-drum-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-fife-and-drum-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Line Fife and Drum Corps prepare<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13568\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13568\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-security.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1028\" height=\"846\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-security.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-security-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-security-1024x843.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-security-768x632.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Security and retired Navy were there (notice cellphone people in background)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13570\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13570\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-cellphone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1028\" height=\"687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-cellphone.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-cellphone-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-cellphone-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-cellphone-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">so many cellphones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13560\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-UVA-Pres-Ryan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1028\" height=\"687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-UVA-Pres-Ryan.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-UVA-Pres-Ryan-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-UVA-Pres-Ryan-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-UVA-Pres-Ryan-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The President of UVA, James E. Ryan, spoke. Ryan was introduced by Mr. Tobias Dengel, Chair of the Foundation Board of Trustees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13567\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-CHO-band.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1028\" height=\"687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-CHO-band.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-CHO-band-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-CHO-band-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-CHO-band-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the Charlottesville Band played<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13564\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-troop-75.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1028\" height=\"687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-troop-75.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-troop-75-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-troop-75-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-troop-75-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Troop 75 was on hand to present the colors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13562\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13562\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-parasol.jpg\" alt=\"parasol\" width=\"687\" height=\"1028\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-parasol.jpg 687w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-parasol-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-parasol-684x1024.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sun was intense<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13565\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704b-Mcello-new-citizens.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1028\" height=\"687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704b-Mcello-new-citizens.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704b-Mcello-new-citizens-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704b-Mcello-new-citizens-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704b-Mcello-new-citizens-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Judges Urbanski and Kavanaugh conducted the naturalization ceremony swearing in 50+ new citizens. The comments of the new citizens are the heart of the day.<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13566\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-new-citizens-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1819\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-new-citizens-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-new-citizens-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-new-citizens-1024x727.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-new-citizens-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-new-citizens-1536x1091.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-new-citizens-2048x1455.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-new-citizens-1200x853.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Invariably, this gathering makes me proud, makes me cry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-lady-wchair.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"1028\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-lady-wchair.jpg 687w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-lady-wchair-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230704-Mcello-lady-wchair-684x1024.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is always an event worth attending.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monticello.org\/exhibits-events\/calendar-of-events\/july-4-at-monticello\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.monticello.org\/exhibits-events\/calendar-of-events\/july-4-at-monticello\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is always an event worth attending. https:\/\/www.monticello.org\/exhibits-events\/calendar-of-events\/july-4-at-monticello\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[34,63,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-history","category-neighborhood"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13556"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13556"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13577,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13556\/revisions\/13577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}