WILLIAMSBURG — When Kurt Smith steps out onto a small second-floor balcony on July Fourth and looks out over a sea of people on Duke of Gloucester Street, he’ll be ready to give a speech he’s given ...
Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution traces the complex legacy, at home and abroad, of the Declaration of ...
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Some clowns in New York City Council thought it was a fine idea to remove the statue of Thomas Jefferson from the council chamber because, in the words of one protestor, “Jefferson embodies some of ...
Dr Sean Cunningham, a curator at the National Archives, said: "Revolution 250 will explore two pivotal decades that reshaped ...
WASHINGTON -- Preservation scientists at the Library of Congress have discovered that Thomas Jefferson, even in the act of declaring independence from England, had trouble breaking free from ...
Today marks the 247th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, and everyone remembers Thomas Jefferson, the author and a signer. But few recall another signer: George Wythe. “He ...
A National Invitation to Revisit America's Founding Ideals and Reflect on Their Meaning Today CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Monticello and More Perfect are proud to announce the ...
With words — not fists or bullets — it is time we declare our independence. When a free and self-governing people find themselves bound to a leader whose actions undermine the foundations of liberty, ...
NORTH AUGUSTA — Thomas Jefferson's beginning of the Declaration of Independence – "When the course of human events..." – echoed through North Augusta's Living History Park Monday afternoon. North ...
Not surprisingly, the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 5-4 ruling that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage has generated a lot of reaction. What is surprising, however, is that, as ...