The primary obligation of any government, the Declaration of Independence tells us in its famous second paragraph, is the “safety and happiness” of its citizens. The necessity of securing safety is ...

Talmage Boston “interviewed” George Washington and Thomas Jefferson at a Dallas event featuring historical interpreters.

Just in time for the country’s 250th birthday, “Being Thomas Jefferson” promises “an intimate history” of the primary author ...

Historian Andrew Davenport arrived at Monticello with an extraordinary background: He knew that at the very moment Thomas Jefferson wrote a book called “Notes on the State of Virginia” that ridiculed ...

As we celebrate America s 250th anniversary this year, we should honor the Christian faith that emboldened the Founding ...

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 ...

The following appears originally in The Washington Times of Monday, July 6. “We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with ...

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 ...

Founding father Thomas Jefferson apparently had another term in mind for American citizens when crafting the Declaration of Independence — subjects. An early draft of the document, which is locked in ...

Thomas Jefferson was a busy person during the week of July 4th. Besides writing the Declaration of Independence, he purchased a thermometer the same week he co-signed the historic document to help him ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Thomas Jefferson (aka Clay Jenkinson) joins ...