Descendants of America's third president grapple with history and belonging.

On this day, Thomas Jefferson recorded the temperature four separate times, went on a shopping spree and gave to charity. How ...

A full-size Thomas Jefferson is heading back to the White House he left in 1809. George Lundeen, the same artist who sculpted ...

Shannon LaNier, Jefferson’s sixth great-grandson, reflects on his lineage and the role of African Americans in the nation’s founding ...

Jefferson died on the Fourth of July in 1826, exactly 50 years after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Thus, ...

Jefferson founded a nation. He also helped found American meteorology, as BBC Weather explains.

Ahead of July 4, Shannon LaNier Jefferson said the Declaration of Independence belongs to every American, including the ...

To celebrate July 4, the New York Public Library displayed its rare copy of the Declaration of Independence, featuring Thomas ...

Former US president Thomas Jefferson’s active sex life is coming under intense scrutiny as record numbers of tourists flock ...

Humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson will perform a first-person Chautauqua-style portrayal of Thomas Jefferson at Raue Center ...

It was a warm and pleasant 4th of July weekend across the Inland Northwest as many enjoyed celebrating our nation’s 250th ...