Thomas Jefferson

Founding Father Thomas Jefferson helped establish the United States Marine Band, which performs buoyant music at every inauguration.

July 4, 1776: The Declaration of Independence is signed, and the United States of America emerges as a ...

A report by National Archives finds that the federal agency's iconic Rotunda, where founding documents of the United ...

Many of our modern presidents have written books. When running for office, they frequently publish political manifestos outlining ...

If you had traveled with the Marquis de Lafayette to the Piedmont region of Virginia in 1824, you ...

In 1784 Thomas Jefferson found himself in France as our first ambassador. While he was there he fell ...

Upon seceding from Britain, her thirteen former colonies immediately began to lay the foundations of an independent humanities ...

Commentary My grandpa was raised by a single mother who was a true “Rosie the Riveter.” She worked ...

A statue of Thomas Jefferson displayed at a high school in Portland, Oregon, was toppled on Sunday evening ...

A statue of Thomas Jefferson on the campus of the University of Missouri (MU) has become the latest ...

Commentary This is the second installment in a series based on questions asked by high school students about ...

Commentary In early July, the Charlottesville, Virginia, city council voted 4–1 to discontinue celebrating Thomas Jefferson’s birthday.  Instead, ...

Commentary Recently, I wrote an article about the removal of Kate Smith’s recording of “God Bless America” from ...

"We must sacrifice the last dollar and drop of blood to rid us of that badge of slavery."

A gun rights bill introduced at the Washington state Capitol includes some quotes falsely attributed to America's Founding ...

Jefferson has always been a fascinating character throughout the study of all American history, yet nothing has been ...

NEW YORK—A rare copy of Thomas Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration of Independence, which calls slavery “a cruel ...