The Washington, Jefferson & Madison Institute is pleased to announce its next teacher education workshop -- "A New Birth of Freedom...

France: October 22, 1944 "Lieutenant General George Patton met with his commander, General Omar Bradley, and Bradley’s chief of staff t...

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...