If you lived in Washington, DC on New Years Day of 1802, you may have seen, or more likely smelled, a giant wheel of cheese which was arriving at the White House — a gift to President Thomas Jefferson from Baptist minister John Leland and his Cheshire, Massachusetts church. But this was no ordinary dairy — this mammoth cheese had a message. This cheese and its makers had something to say about the separation of church and state. Discover the remarkable story of the John Leland's Mammoth Cheese, a 1235-lb. cheese intended to celebrate Thomas Jefferson and make a statement about religious liberty.
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