Descendants of America's third president grapple with history and belonging.

A full-size Thomas Jefferson is heading back to the White House he left in 1809. George Lundeen, the same artist who sculpted ...

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.

Shannon LaNier, Jefferson’s sixth great-grandson, reflects on his lineage and the role of African Americans in the nation’s founding ...

Jefferson died on the Fourth of July in 1826, exactly 50 years after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Thus, ...

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were close in life and even closer in death, but not necessarily in legacy.

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

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

For much of his life, Jefferson kept regular weather records, often checking the temperature near dawn and again later in the ...

Humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson will perform a first-person Chautauqua-style portrayal of Thomas Jefferson at Raue Center ...

When President John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the moment was rife with bizarre coincidences. Not only had the Founding ...