Thomas Jefferson, painted by Charles Willson Peale (1791) George W. Bush, the president of the United States yesterday marked the anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States. Bush speaking at the event At the East room of the White House, Mr  Bush made a speech to mark the occasion. Mr. Bush started the speech by discussing Mr. Jefferson. "We're here tonight to commemorate the 265th birthday of Thomas Jefferson, here in a room where he once walked and in a home where he once lived," he said. Mr. Bush than said that the ideas of Jefferson were not quickly fulfilled. "Here in America, that truth was not fully realized in Jefferson's own lifetime. As he observed the condition of slaves in America, Jefferson said, 'I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just' and 'that his justice cannot sleep forever.' Less than 40 years after his death, justice was awakened in America and a new era of freedom dawned."
Thomas Jefferson, painted by Charles Willson Peale (1791) George W. Bush, the president of the United States yesterday marked the anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States. Bush speaking at the event In the East room of the White House, Mr . Bush made a speech to mark the occasion. Mr. Bush started the speech by discussing Mr. Jefferson. "We're here tonight to commemorate the 265th birthday of Thomas Jefferson, here in a room where he once walked and in a home where he once lived," he said. Mr. Bush then said that the ideas of Jefferson were not quickly fulfilled. "Here in America, that truth was not fully realized in Jefferson's own lifetime. As he observed the condition of slaves in America, Jefferson said, 'I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just' and 'that his justice cannot sleep forever.' Less than 40 years after his death, justice was awakened in America and a new era of freedom dawned."
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