As the 249th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence loomed, Congress passed a bill that steals from the poor, hungry and sick to reward the wealthy, enslave generations to unsustainable ...

Jefferson and Adams ensured that the Declaration captured the hearts of Americans with different religious sensibilities.

On Independence Day, we took an enlightening tour. And it shone a light on Trump’s America, whose people are at one another’s ...

Everyone knows the famous names at the bottom of the Declaration of Independence, from John Hancock’s famous oversized signature to author Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.

John McCaa recalls a moment in his early career when he could not report on a political assassination in Spain. In our own ...

If you’re looking for the answer to “Author of Declaration of Independence” in Cookie Jam, don’t worry – we’ve got you ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

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

The Declaration of Independence is full of promise and a few mysteries. A rare copy of it ended up at The Henry Ford Museum ...

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