The design is one of several coin denominations, and the third of five new quarters, made specially for the country’s ...
For whatever reason this list from the Freedom Forum of seven months ago popped up in my feed recently. The headline says ...
If Meriwether Lewis and William Clark hadn’t gone up the Missouri River in 1804 and then down the lower Columbia River in ...
From the Battle of Bunker Hill on, Connecticut and its people played prominent and pivotal roles in the Revolution.
Like Americans today, the people living in the United States in 1826 were preparing to celebrate a milestone for their country. July Fourth of that year marked the 50th anniversary of the Declaration ...
Ms. Schiff, the author of “The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams,” is at work on a book about Benjamin Franklin. See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en los ...
Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost.
Craig Fehrman is the author of “This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark.” On Jan. 18, 1803, Meriwether Lewis hand-delivered a secret message to Congress. Its author was Thomas Jefferson, ...
Archaeologists have uncovered a previously unknown remnant of Thomas Jefferson’s era at Monticello: a brick kiln used to build his home. The kiln was recently found on the east side of the Founding ...
Today we celebrate the birthday of Thomas Jefferson—a true American visionary, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and one of the greatest champions of liberty the world has ever ...
Monticello, the former plantation overseen by America’s contentious third president Thomas Jefferson, remains the country’s only private residence deemed a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Nevertheless, ...