Two key historical facts should be emphasized. First, the Founding Fathers deliberately avoided establishing an official ...

Delivered 250 years ago, the famous oration marked the height of Henry's influence. But the politician also served in key ...

Statues of slave-owning Founding Fathers have represented New York in the U.S. Capitol for nearly 150 years. Now, state lawmakers want to replace one of the statues with a famous New Yorker who he ...

American astronomy thrives today largely because of the underpinnings achieved by John Quincy Adams in his far-reaching “light-houses of the skies” campaign.

Jim Watson AFP/TNS American politics has become deeply ... Adams and the other Founding Fathers created a system of checks and balances to restrain the erotic element. Rationalists like Adams ...