An unlikely pair whose tumultuous friendship lasted half a century, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on July 4, 1826.

At 33, Thomas Jefferson wrote the original draft of America's historic Declaration of Independence.

Thomas Jefferson marries Martha Wales Skelton in 1772 and builds a family at Monticello.

As a young man in Virginia, Thomas Jefferson pursues an education based on the ideals of the Enlightenment.