Thomas Jefferson could truly say, "Been there, done that, now what?" He was Ambassador to France, the first Secretary of State, a Vice President, the President of the United States, founder of a major university, author of the greatest political document in history, a multi-faceted inventor, architect, author, farmer, and scholar. He was perhaps the most brilliant man ever to occupy the White House. He was present at the signing of the Declaration of Independence; he attended the second Continental Congress; he oversaw the purchase of over one-third of America.

But of all the things that Thomas Jefferson had done, of all the places he had seen, and of all the people he had met, he made this statement: "The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bo…