# @thirteenwnet on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=FHaetvpB47A
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-02T20:50:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** THIRTEEN (@thirteenwnet) — https://gondola.cc/thirteenwnet

## Caption

As America marks 250 years of independence, THIRTEEN revisits this 1979 "Bill Moyers' Journal" conversation with historian Garry Wills, author of "Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence."

Moyers and Wills meet at Monticello — Jefferson's Charlottesville, Virginia home — to examine the ideas, views, and design choices that shaped both the house and the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence.

Walking the grounds of Monticello, Wills explains its specific location and layout, and what Jefferson meant when he talked about 'inventing' America.

This 1979 episode titled “Inventing America: A Conversation with Garry Wills” was broadcast on “Bill Moyers' Journal," a weekly current affairs program covering economics, history, literature, religion, philosophy, science, and politics.

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## Tags

july4th, 4thofjuly, thomasjefferson, wnet, thirteen, history, america250, independenceday, declarationofindependence, americanhistory, monticello, billmoyers, garrywills

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