Opening Shot: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,” narrator Devin E. Haqq recites from the Declaration of Independence as we see a shot of Independence Hall in ...

Imagine a world where the Civil War never happened. Slavery would have ended a century earlier than it did, sparing the country decades of division and a bloodbath that cost thousands of Americans ...

Some celebrate July 4 with cookouts and fireworks, but Philadelphia’s Raab Collection is marking Independence Day by offering what it describes as a unique letter from Thomas Jefferson. The seller, a ...

Thomas Jefferson, a key figure in American history, believed identity is forged by deeds. His words encourage action over ...

Dr. Susan C. Aldridge is the seventh president of Thomas Jefferson University. She takes the helm as the university celebrates its 200th anniversary. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to ...

The letter was discovered in a Mississippi home. — -- A rare letter from Founding Father Thomas Jefferson is for sale for $325,000 after a Mississippi family found the letter in a box of ...

Today, the United States celebrates the anniversary of its independence from Great Britain. Independence Day, also known as the Fourth of July, commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of ...