The fact that Thomas Jefferson had children with Sally Hemings was denied by Jefferson's family for almost two centuries–until DNA evidence confirmed it. A descendent of Sally Hemings learns the ...

Three Civil War veterans and descendants of former President Thomas Jefferson were honored Saturday afternoon.

Thomas Jefferson served as the U.S. minister to France between 1784 to 1789. In 1787, he was joined in Paris by his youngest daughter, Maria, and Sally Hemings, ...

Thomas Jefferson and George Washington hailed from Virginia and considered slavery an “evil” practice, but owned hundreds of them. George Washington wrote his will just a few months before his ...

With increasing regularity, Americans are ending lifelong friendships and cutting off family members over politics. But history offers hope. The story of “Founding frenemies” Thomas Jefferson ...

Thomas Jefferson has shades of the History docuseries Washington, with a big difference, which we’ll explain below. Our Take: We were under the impression that Thomas Jefferson would be along ...

If you visit Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello home, multiple tours are available depending on the day of the week and what you’re willing to spend. On one of the tours, you can take a shuttle up ...