Content with his intellectual, architectural and other pursuits at home in Monticello, Thomas Jefferson had no intention of becoming a political leader during the founding of America.

Jon Meacham is among many historians reflecting on the complex legacy of Thomas Jefferson on the eve of the nation's 250th ...

It’s a vibrant house museum, a scholarly center, and as close to Jefferson’s clone as we’ll get. After writing more than a dozen stories on America’s 250th, and with July Fourth nearly here, where ...

Author Andrew S. Curran marks the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's death at Monticello on July 4, 1826.

On this day, Thomas Jefferson recorded the temperature four separate times, went on a shopping spree and gave to charity. How ...

In advance of America’s 250th birthday ABC News’ Jay O’Brien goes behind-the-scenes at Jefferson’s home where experts study ...

Ahead of July 4, Shannon LaNier Jefferson said the Declaration of Independence belongs to every American, including the ...

America’s birth is rooted in his most profound contradiction — the man who proclaimed that “all men are created equal” while ...

Jefferson founded a nation. He also helped found American meteorology, as BBC Weather explains.

All men may be created equal, but wines are a different story.

Jefferson scholars contrast Trump’s backward-looking “Garden of Heroes” with Roosevelt’s progressive interpretation.