"America was founded on beautiful ideals like liberty, natural rights and freedom; we have never truly lived up to them." ...

The Declaration nearly included a sweeping attack on slavery. Here’s why it was cut—and what it reveals about the Founders.

Records from the Jefferson County Clerk's Office are being preserved through a new partnership with the Filson Historical ...

He expanded the educational mission of Thomas Jefferson’s plantation. He also embraced research that showed Jefferson had fathered the children of one of his slaves. By Richard Sandomir Six ...

Its sanction came from a righteous cause, and as Congress began to edit Thomas Jefferson's draft on July 2 and 3, it found ...

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the active, the vigilant, the brave!” - Patrick Henry. A noted orator, ...

President Donald Trump plans to build an exhibit of statues featuring prominent Americans in a tightly regulated park along ...

Donald Trump’s aversion to admitting fault suggests that we will not likely see events that grapple with the nuanced nature ...