Before the Declaration of Independence, there was the Olive Branch Petition. Written 250 years ago on July 5th, the Olive ...

The following is the transcript of an interview with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John ...

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Real patriotic education means that just as our founders loved and honored America, so we should honor them, while deeply learning and earnestly debating their ideas. Adapted from remarks delivered by ...

Poplar Forest's main event was a reenactor playing America's third president and a Virginia native, Thomas Jefferson.

At Monticello, we talked to Ken Burns, who was giving a preview of his upcoming PBS documentary on the American Revolution.

During both of his campaigns, current President Donald J. Trump aggressively courted Christians, netting support from 48% of Protestants, including 72% of white evangelicals, and 52% of Catholics.

An original letter written byThomas Jefferson sold for the $90,000 asking price and will return to Maryland, the state where ...

A significant letter written by founding father Thomas Jefferson sold Friday for the asking price of $90,000 and will return to Maryland, the state where it was penned 242 years ago. The letter, ...

The obvious answer is that it is opportunity for self-improvement, best realized in the United States over any other nation ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

While much of the globe is embroiled in the on & off tariff battles & the geopolitical wars that are setting the world on ...