Thomas Jefferson Foundation to award former U.S Senator Jim Webb with Medal in Leadership (2014) - April 11 (Friday)

World Wide Web location -- Monticello dot-org (March 2014 posting): The Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center (Charlottesville, Virginia, USA) Friday, April 11, 2014, 10:00 am - 11:00 am Reservations: Not required Monticello will mark mark the University of Virginia's Founder's Day and the 271st anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth with ceremonies on the grounds. Jim Webb, former U.S. Senator from Virginia, has been a combat Marine, a counsel in the Congress, an assistant secretary of defense and Secretary of the Navy, an Emmy-award winning journalist and a filmmaker, and is the author of 10 books, is the recipient of the 2014 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership and will speak at a special ceremony on the West Lawn at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 11, 2014 (two days before Jefferson's actual birthday). http://www.monticello.org/site/visit/events/jeffersons-birthday-celebration