In a letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush, John Adams wrote: "The history of our revolution will be ... that Dr. Franklin's electric rod smo...

The first martyr to the cause of American liberty was Major General Joseph Warren (June 11, 1741 – June 17, 1775). The son of Joseph Warren ...

“Thomas Jefferson did not write many poems, although he had a great appreciation for poetry. [1] He read and quoted widely from poets such ...

“As the Civil War’s first Christmas neared, a pair of young lovers, Nathaniel Dawson and Elodie Todd, a Confederate soldier and his eventu...

“The Declaration of Independence... [is the] declaratory charter of our rights,  and of the rights of man.”  --Thomas Jefferson The Washingt...

This letter was written near the beginning of the American Civil War from Sullivan Ballou, a 32-year-old officer in the Union Army, to his 2...

“Religious freedom is a fundamental human right and the first among rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution in the First Amendme...