In our time, the battle for freedom is not with muskets or bayonets, but with ballots, books, and bold faith. The enemy is not across a ridge or up a hill — it’s in the mirror.

Jeffrey Rosen, lawyer and U.S. Constitution scholar, has written the second book in a series of constitutional contemplations, “The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting ...

British abolitionists recognized the contradiction in the colonists’ position. One of the founders of the abolitionist ...

The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” one source tells WIRED.

The foundation that oversees preservation efforts at Historic Jamestowne recently received a state grant that will help it ...

On Nov. 7, 1775, in the face of growing unrest in the colony, the royal governor of Virginia issued a proclamation offering ...

The wrath of out-of-work federal workers could decide the race between Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat ...

Eight decades ago, a presidential commission guided by Jefferson’s great-great-grandson selectively edited the Founding ...

A new show featuring decommissioned statues dispels myths of American history at a moment when President Trump is insisting ...

Gettysburg Address, the fight against slavery and the battle for freedom provide historical perspective on principles of the Revolution and practice of slavery ...

This week’s election will likely mark another milestone in the partitioning of America into divergent and increasingly hostile blocs of red and blue states.

In the summer of 1774 Jefferson retreated to Monticello and wrote a secret plea meant to avert disputes with the British — a ...