Compass rose for Monticello's weather vane - Virginia - Compass Roses on Waymarking.com

Innovation - improving on other's ideas was a trait of the third U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. He connect the arrow for a compass rose in the porch ceiling to a weather vane so that his household could tell which way the wind was blowing - without having to get out into the elements.

So as you take the Monticello home tour, look up before you enter the house.

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