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5 Inconvenient, Ugly Truths About America's 'Founding Fathers' And Slavery
Out of the seven ‘Founding Fathers,’ only John Adams and Samuel Adams didn’t own slaves. Both men were Northerners. Thomas ...
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Higher Education as a National Priority
President George Washington emphasized the importance of education for national unity, proposing the establishment of a ...
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Young Thomas Jefferson Was ‘Not Good with Women,’ ‘Blew’ Proposal to First Love... Who Turned Him Down Flat (Exclusive)
"The day never saw a more miserable creature when the sun rose that next morning," the future president said, according to ...
Rare 240-year-old George Washington war letter comes up for sale
On April 26, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a large British raiding party attacked the American supply depot at Danbury, ...
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George has his day, and so does Abe. But states honor US presidents in lots of ways
In Alabama, Washington shares the spotlight with friend-turned-rival Thomas Jefferson, the nation's third president and ...
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Thomas Jefferson’ On History, A Docuseries That Takes A Balanced Look At The Founding Father’s Life
Direct descendants of Jefferson, as well as a number of historians, are interviewed for the six-part docuseries.
History Channel’s ‘Thomas Jefferson’ Docuseries Explores Paradoxical Elements of Third President
The paradoxical elements of the lifelong idealist are explored on the History Channel’s six-hour docuseries tracking ...
Would George Washington win an election today?
UVU professor Rick Griffin knows Washington; he’s spent the past decade researching material for a book about our first ...
How George Washington’s birthday became a national holiday
Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the ...