When President John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the moment was rife with bizarre coincidences. Not only had the Founding ...

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

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a statue of Thomas Jefferson depicting him drafting the Declaration of Independence at a ...

Student tour guides emphasised Jefferson the slaveholder rather than Jefferson the founding father. Conservative faculty and ...

Virginian Thomas Jefferson had many careers: farmer, lawyer, inventor, architect and statesman. A member of the Second Continental Congress, he was the principal author of the Declaration of ...

The occasion coincided with Florida getting ready to celebrate 249 years of America, just ahead of the Fourth of July.

Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a statue of Former President Thomas Jefferson on Wednesday morning in Monticello, Florida, to help ...

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 state launched its semiquincentennial festivities Wednesday in Jefferson County, unveiling a statue of Thomas Jefferson ...