The meaning of Presidents Day has changed dramatically, from being mostly unremarkable and filled with work for Washington in the 1700s to the bonanza of consumerism it has become today. For some ...

I would judge him as an extraordinary person who had flaws that we can’t discount but overall an amazingly positive force in early American history,' says Jefferson biographer Annette Gordon-Reed.

"The day never saw a more miserable creature when the sun rose that next morning," the future president said, according to ...