By John Hood When we commemorate the formal birthday of the United States of America, we don’t just celebrate a place, a set of governmental institutions, and a shared history that binds together ...

Alarmed by the policies of President Donald Trump, millions turned out last month for protests around the United States and ...

At Monticello, we talked to Ken Burns, who was giving a preview of his upcoming PBS documentary on the American Revolution.

Though John Adams was old and ill when he died, the curious timing of his demise sparked countless unusual theories.

The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks. Those pyrotechnics ...

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams will be forever linked by the significance of July 4. They were revolutionaries, the fathers of a new nation. Their bond ran deep, grounded in ...

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

John Adams’ letter to his wife, Abigail, was filled with enthusiasm but also carried a tone of foreboding. It was July 1776, and revolution was in the air among the delegates at the meeting of the ...

What the Olive Branch Petition suggests about the founders — and Americans today.

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 ...