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 ...

Jefferson, an avid weather observer, kept meticulous climate records throughout his life. In Philadelphia, during the summer ...

The move for American Independence was greatly influenced by ancient Greece, particularly philosophy from the time.

As today marks July 4th, it's a fitting time to reflect on a remarkable event in American history that unfolded on this very ...

When I reflect on the significance of the Fourth of July, I think of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States.

Right around the Fourth of July, Americans pay renewed attention to the country’s crucial founding document, the Declaration ...

At a time when the Trump administration has renewed a travel ban on various Muslim majority countries in Africa and across ...

They died on the same day: The Fourth of July, 1826 – 50 years to the day after the Declaration. Historians say that Adams’ final words were: “Thomas Jefferson survives,” as if consoling himself with ...

The US Constitution says any natural-born citizen over 35 who has lived in the country for at least 14 years can run for ...

Yet, higher education has shaped the American experiment from the beginning. Enlightenment ideas studied in 18th-century ...

Thomas Jefferson, steeped in Enlightenment philosophy, wrote that we have the unalienable rights to life, liberty and the ...

Thomas Jefferson is a two-part portrait of our enigmatic and brilliant third president. Part 1 at 8 PM — Jefferson also made himself into a true renaissance man – a scholar, a philosopher, a diplomat, ...