Opening Shot: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,” narrator Devin E. Haqq recites from the Declaration of Independence as we see a shot of Independence Hall in ...

Directed by Jon Hirsch, the six-part docuseries Thomas Jefferson is a comprehensive look at the life of the Founding Father who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, as well as ...

His words define American democracy and our national identity. But when Thomas Jefferson wrote that “all men are created equal” with the right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” did that ...

Next year, 2026, marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of the United States. The History Channel’s new docuseries “Thomas Jefferson” looks at one of America’s Founding Fathers and author of the ...

At a 1962 dinner for Nobel Prize winners, John F. Kennedy declared the event the greatest collection of talent ever brought together at the White House, “with the possible exception of when Thomas ...

Between July 1776 and June 1826, Jefferson recorded weather conditions in 19,000 observations across nearly 100 locations. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Images via Wikimedia Commons under public ...

In June 2024, Snopes received an email from a reader asking about a quote purportedly originating from Founding Father and third U.S. president, Thomas Jefferson. The reader's email displayed a quote ...

In taking credit for the suspension of a University of Virginia student-led tour program that was less than flattering for the school’s founder, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Neale, a 1974 alum and ...

The film features a fictional conversation between Thomas Jefferson and Edmund Wright Jr., a publisher, as they discuss Jefferson's life, political career, and contributions to American history.

July 1776 has a place in American history books as the month in which the United States declared its Independence. It is now a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the declaration of ...