As today marks July 4th, it's a fitting time to reflect on a remarkable event in American history that unfolded on this very day nearly two centuries ago. The nation was plunged into mourning on July ...

Thomas Jefferson was a contradictory character: the Virginia aristocrat known as the "man of the people"; the president who simplified the office yet never denied himself a luxury; the slave owner who ...

Can the fraught relationship between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams help heal our own hyper-polarized politics? Monticello is betting yes. Credit...Photo Illustration by Felicia Vasquez; ...

In the summer of 1776, Thomas Jefferson arrived in Philadelphia to help define a new nation — even as his own life embodied ...