As crucial as the Founding Fathers are to our nation’s history, the average American doesn’t know enough about them. Sure, everyone might know George Washington appears on the $1 bill or that ...

There, Jefferson had him trained as a chef — thus making Hemings the first American chef to receive formal training in France, according to multiple accounts. After his training, Hemings was ...

During the War of 1812, Willson provided barrels of meat to American troops, stamped “U.S.” The story goes that when a soldier asked what the letters stood for, he was told, “Uncle Sam Willson.

There were 56 men that signed the Declaration of Independence and are considered to be the Founding Fathers of America. There were 56 men that signed the Declaration of Independence and are ...

“An important expression of the emerging American policy of free trade, likely the only available example of any letter signed by all three of these Founding Fathers, the men most responsible ...