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Actor Bill Barker, one of the nation's foremost interpreters of Thomas Jefferson, speaks at the Governor's Palace, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
In early July, the Charlottesville, Virginia, city council voted 4–1 to discontinue celebrating Thomas Jefferson’s birthday. Instead, they'll celebrate a new day each year, March 3, so-named “Liberation and Freedom Day,” which will commemorate the day in 1865 when Union forces entered the city.
Mark Bauerlein is an emeritus professor of English at Emory University. His work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, The Washington Post, the TLS, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.
