Four books on Thomas Jefferson trace the life and thought of a Virginia slave owner who argued passionately for human liberty ...

Across the way, Terrell Stowers was tuning up The Marching Cobras, a community-based band that pulls in young people from the ...

Explore five historic destinations, from Boston's Freedom Trail to Mount Vernon, that bring America's founding to life for ...

The 900 pound (400kg) stainless steel cylinder will go into the ground Saturday, as the nation marks its 250th birthday.

WASHINGTON — With a 110-foot Ferris wheel, a rodeo demonstration and an eye-popping array of junk food, "The Great American ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declared a local emergency as the city fights a major fire at a warehouse in the city's Boyle Heights neighborhood.

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

There’s dozens, maybe hundreds of movies where “America!” is the predominant theme—some reverent, some scathing, all of it ...

Thomas Jefferson, the face of the nickel, is now the face of 250,000 special quarters the United States Mint is releasing to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. They feature Jefferson on one face ...