Facepalm

I made a short and very simple reply. I am not American so I have a cursory knowledge of the history and early culture. Your reply is far more eloquent than anything I had the patience to write on phone :) I will not argue your points.

When I made the reference to Palladio it was because especially Jefferson was greatly influenced by himand responsible for much of the early DC buildings like The Capitol and The White House. I don't know how much Jefferson knew about ancient Rome, but he did own a copy of I quattro libri dell'architettura (among very many other book)