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

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 debt ...

Multilingual means being able to speak more than two languages. John Quincy Adams leads the pack, having been able to speak 9 ...

The text says that governments are human constructions. The legitimacy of governments depends upon democratic consent, not ...

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

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 ...

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

Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the […] ...

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 ...

On July 4, 1826, 50 years to the day after the Declaration of Independence was adopted, Adams and Jefferson both died. While today is celebrated as Independence Day in America, key figures Adams and ...

Adams, Jefferson and other Founding Fathers enjoyed wild game and seasonal produce in Philadelphia's taverns during the ...

Read the Declaration of Independence, the historic document drafted by Thomas Jefferson and signed by 56 delegates.