Jefferson’s paradox: How one of the largest slaveholders penned the words “All men are created equal”

In the summer of 1776, Thomas Jefferson arrived in Philadelphia to help define a new nation — even as his own life embodied ...

Archaeologists Accidentally Found the Incredible Lost Remnants of America's First Soldiers

The Revolutionary War artifacts tell the story of what General Cornwallis tried to destroy forever—but couldn’t erase.

Here, the Law Is King

Law is not the source of our rights, which come from our Creator. It is the means of government. It is far from infallible.
Smithsonian Magazine

In January 1776, Virginia’s Port City of Norfolk Was Set Ablaze, Galvanizing the Revolution. But Who Really Lit the Match?

Blaming the British for the destruction helped persuade some wavering colonists to back the fight for independence. But the source of the inferno was not what it seemed A 1976 postcard features an ...
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What We Know About the Mysterious 1776 Continental Dollar

Every 4th of July we celebrate the day we declared our independence from England in 1776. But there was also a mysterious coin that was issued the same year. While most experts don't know much about ...
WGBH

'Is the real Independence Day in 1776?' asks NAACP's Michael Curry on Juneteenth

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) New England Area Conference Administrator Michael Curry speaks at a press conference about this summer's upcoming 114th NAACP ...