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

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams will be forever linked by the significance of July 4. They were revolutionaries, the fathers of a new nation. Their bond ran deep, grounded in ...

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

Thomas Jefferson’s first version of the Declaration of Independence told the truth about America that we would all be well served to remember and exalt this Fourth of July. He wrote, “We hold these ...

Though John Adams was old and ill when he died, the curious timing of his demise sparked countless unusual theories.

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 ...

On a hot, steamy day in Philadelphia, a group of delegates to the Continental Congress gathered to celebrate the final ...

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It's crucial today to acknowledge that for 249 years thousands of Americans have fought to protect the ideas of the American ...

In 1776, 56 small town, seemingly ordinary men made a declaration of independence sparking world defining changes. A brand ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - On this day, July 4, 249 years ago, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by this country’s ...

Fireworks are a cornerstone of America's Fourth of July celebrations, but that can make the spirited holiday dangerous. A ...