A six-part History Channel documentary offers a clear-eyed view of Jefferson’s flaws, contradictions and triumphs.

Next year, 2026, marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of the United States. The History Channel’s new docuseries “Thomas ...

“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will ...

One of America’s greatest love stories can be understood through more than 1,000 eloquent letters that were sent between John ...

When the United States Mint was created in 1792, one of the first coins it made was the one-cent coin. The image on the first ...

The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times and under all ...

It is right and just for America to make a big deal about our 250th birthday. On July 4th, 1776 by the unanimous voice vote ...

President Trump, in one of his freewheeling chats with the press, offered last week to declare an emergency at the ...

"The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the ...

The 1992 graduate, an only child, arrived at UVA in 1988. Both his parents came from “dirt poor rural backgrounds in North ...

and the task itself fell on Thomas Jefferson of Virginia. Discussions of Jefferson's Declaration of Independence resulted in some minor changes, but the spirit of the document went unchanged.

Library of Congress: The largest library in the world, located in Washington, D.C. The Library of Congress provides Congress with objective research to inform the legislative process, administers the ...