“Betsy Ross (Elizabeth Griscom) was born on January 1st, 1752 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.    Betsy was brought up a Quaker and educate...

Thomas Jefferson considered himself a farmer by profession.  He was continually searching for more progressive ways to work his plantation...

Alexis de Tocqueville was an aristocratic Frenchman who came to the U.S. in 1831 (at age 25) and later wrote Democracy in Americ...

"The reign of party spirit in the United States began with the adoption of [the Constitution] by the Convention. Between this dat...

The Washington, Jefferson & Madison Institute's next educational seminar will be on the subject of “Vindicating the Founders : R...

T here should be no dispute that government is required to secure the rights of life and liberty to the individual, to the commu...

We hold these truths to be self‑evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unaliena...