Can the fraught relationship between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams help heal our own hyper-polarized politics? Monticello ...

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 ...

For decades, the opera world has been trying to attract new fans and to find support for an art form dating back to around ...

A Charlestown home on Highland Rad in Charlestown sold for $3,400,000. The home has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, 2,856 ...

Harrison Ruffin Tyler was just three generations from the White House, since his father and grandfather both fathered children in their 70s. The chemical engineer helped preserve his family's legacy.

Nottoway Plantation just burned down, so we're looking into its history and other plantations where the most brutal chattel ...

Students at a high school saved a drowning peer during swim practice; their quick actions were commended by Denver Police.

But among all the items, none deserves its position of special honor more than the portable lap desk on which Thomas ... brother of Sally Hemings, and one of five slaves freed by Jefferson in ...

Philip Hamilton's life was full of promise. The 19-year-old son of founding father Alexander Hamilton, Philip was well on his ...

From grand estates to humble farmhouses, presidential landmarks offer a tangible link to the people who’ve shaped American ...

The recent spectacle of Rome bidding goodbye to one pope and welcoming another was undoubtedly moving and historic for millions of Catholics throughout the world. It was also a lesson in efficiency, ...