{"id":211,"date":"2018-10-30T19:26:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T00:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wordpress\/wordpress\/?page_id=211"},"modified":"2025-04-27T09:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T14:04:07","slug":"nickels-for-jefferson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/?page_id=211","title":{"rendered":"Nickels for Jefferson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2004, the chapter was instrumental in the <em>Nickels for Jefferson<\/em> fund-raising project to commission a portrait of Thomas Jefferson for the Jefferson County Administration Building. The portrait hangs in the county council&#8217;s chambers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"825\" data-id=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jefferson1.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Jefferson portrait in the County Council Chambers, Jefferson County, Missouri\" class=\"wp-image-206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jefferson1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jefferson1-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jefferson1-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jefferson1-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jefferson1-360x248.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">County Council Chambers, Jefferson County Administration Building, Hillsboro, Missouri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"929\" height=\"1087\" data-id=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jefferson3.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of Jefferson Portrait\" class=\"wp-image-207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jefferson3.jpg 929w, https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jefferson3-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jefferson3-768x899.jpg 768w, https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jefferson3-875x1024.jpg 875w, https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jefferson3-231x270.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 929px) 100vw, 929px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1171\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jefferson4.jpg\" alt=\"Plaque under Jefferson Portrait\" class=\"wp-image-208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jefferson4.jpg 1171w, https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jefferson4-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jefferson4-768x601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jefferson4-1024x802.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jefferson4-345x270.jpg 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1171px) 100vw, 1171px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2004, the chapter was instrumental in the Nickels for Jefferson fund-raising project to commission a portrait of Thomas Jefferson for the Jefferson County Administration Building. 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