U.S. states seem to mark Presidents Day with as many different names and honors as there have been presidents.

I would judge him as an extraordinary person who had flaws that we can’t discount but overall an amazingly positive force in ...

Young Thomas Jefferson's lack of skill with women — including one who turned down his marriage proposal — is explored in the new documentary series 'Thomas Jefferson'.

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

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

Today is the 216th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. It’s a date in 1809 that he shares with another famous figure of the 19th century, Charles Darwin. But it was also ...