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An original letter written byThomas Jefferson sold for the $90,000 asking price and will return to Maryland, the state where ...
At Monticello, we talked to Ken Burns, who was giving a preview of his upcoming PBS documentary on the American Revolution.
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, ...
Poplar Forest's main event was a reenactor playing America's third president and a Virginia native, Thomas Jefferson.
The obvious answer is that it is opportunity for self-improvement, best realized in the United States over any other nation ...
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 ...
While much of the globe is embroiled in the on & off tariff battles & the geopolitical wars that are setting the world on ...
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.
Hundreds gathered on the University of Virginia’s grounds to support former university president Jim Ryan and protest his ...
The following is the transcript of an interview with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John ...
News of the Declaration of Independence reached Great Britain in August 1776 and ignited a media frenzy, according to the Jack Miller Center, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit dedicated to teaching about ...
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