In the spring of 1962, John F. Kennedy held a dinner at the White House for Nobel Prize laureates from nations of the Western Hemisphere. Opening his remarks, he rather famously said, “I think this is ...

elected between John Adams and Abraham Lincoln, all but three hailed from Thomas Jefferson’s Democratic party. Of the three, two would die within months of their inauguration-William Henry Harrison, ...

A new biography maps out the moral tensions that tormented his mind and tainted his legacy. Thomas Jefferson continues to inspire and divide Americans. Even though he still ranks in the top 10 in ...

This June 9, 2008 image provided by the Monticello Foundation shows the home of Thomas Jefferson in Charlottesville, Va. Several new projects launching this winter will shed light on the slaves who ...

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WASHINGTON -- Two cranes sit on a temporary levee at the Tidal Basin. A crew is removing timber piles, replacing them with 41 four-inch concrete caissons and 53 18-inch pipes that are to be sunk 10 ...

With the aid of his clandestine patron Thomas Jefferson, Scottish "scandalmonger" James Callender launched a print campaign against President John Adams that would make the election of 1800 one of the ...