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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Thomas Jefferson owned more than 600 slaves over the course of his life resulting in a more complete picture of the third ...

This is the first in a two-part series of conversations recorded at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello as History As It Happens goes on location, with special guests historian Alan Taylor and Brandon ...

Few American historical relationships are more controversial than that of third United States President Thomas Jefferson and ...

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 ...