It would take another war and the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives for a new birth of freedom to begin its reign.

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

Video of a Columbia professor claiming Hitler learned genocide from Lincoln goes viral as his son runs for NYC mayor, ...

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

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

Humor has a way of transcending time. While historical figures are often remembered for their serious achievements, many of ...

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

Netflix’s Death by Lightning retells the story of James A. Garfield, the 20th U.S. President whose 1881 assassination changed ...

As America marks 250 years since the Declaration, Jefferson’s words have taken on an aura of moral clarity about equality, ...

I am the big buck of this lick. If any of you want to try it, come on and whet your horns.” — Young Abraham Lincoln ...

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