Editing Monticello (section)

===Programming===
In recent decades, the TJF has created programs to more fully interpret the lives of slaves at Monticello. Beginning in 1993, researchers interviewed descendants of Monticello slaves for the ''Getting Word Project'', a collection of oral history that provided much new insight into the lives of slaves at Monticello and their descendants. (Among findings were that no slaves adopted Jefferson as a surname, but many had their own surnames as early as the 18th century.)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thomas Jefferson's Monticello - Official Website |url=https://www.monticello.org/ |access-date=April 30, 2023 |website=Monticello |language=en}}</ref>

Some of Mulberry Row has been designated as [[archeological]] sites, where excavations and analysis are revealing much about the life of slaves at the plantation. In the winter of 2000–2001, the African slave burial ground at Monticello was discovered. In the fall of 2001, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation held a commemoration of the burial ground, in which the names of known slaves of Monticello were read aloud. Additional archeological work is providing information about [[African American]] burial practices.<ref>[http://www.monticello.org/site/plantation-and-slavery/honoring-ancestors "Honoring the Ancestors"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201232357/http://www.monticello.org/site/plantation-and-slavery/honoring-ancestors |date=December 1, 2010 }}, ''Plantation and Slavery'', Monticello, accessed March 21, 2011</ref>

In 2003, Monticello welcomed a reunion of descendants of Jefferson from both the Wayles's and Hemings's sides of the family. It was organized by the descendants, who have created a new group called the Monticello Community.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reunion bridges Jefferson family rift |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3077133 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030011144/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3077133 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |access-date=April 30, 2023 |website=NBC News |date=July 13, 2003 |language=en}}</ref> Additional and larger reunions have since been held.