Aspen Ideas Festival: Jon Meacham on Thomas Jefferson
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Historian Jon Meacham gives an Aspen Lecture titled, "Thomas Jefferson Then and Now: The Legacy and Lessons of an American Original." He says Thomas Jefferson was brilliant and monumental, flawed and human, a man who was in tune with the broader culture of his time. Meacham spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival June 29, 2015.
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