Who Was Alexander von Humboldt?
Smithsonian curator Eleanor Jones Harvey explains why this revolutionary 19th-century thought leader is due for a reconsideration
How Two 1950s Kids Playing on the Railroad Tracks Found a National Treasure
Curators at the National Museum of American History talked to the brothers who found a relic of the 1800 Adams and Jefferson election
Get Excited: The New York Public Library Is Launching Its First Permanent Exhibition
Come 2020, new gallery will feature a rotating trove of artifacts drawn from NYPL’s 46 million-strong collection of treasures
Putting Enslaved Families’ Stories Back in the Monticello Narrative
An oral history project deepens our understanding of U.S. history by sharing accounts of the community owned by Thomas Jefferson
A Brief History of America’s Appetite for Macaroni and Cheese
Popularized by Thomas Jefferson, this versatile dish fulfills our nation’s quest for the ‘cheapest protein possible’
What’s the Difference Between Moths and Butterflies and More Questions From Our Readers
You asked, we answered
The First Presidential Pardon Pitted Alexander Hamilton Against George Washington
How to handle the Whiskey Rebellion was the first major crisis faced by the new government
The First US Census Only Asked Six Questions
America’s founders agreed that the census was important, but it wasn’t long
America Has Been Struggling With the Metric System For More Than 200 Years
The United States is the one of the world’s only holdouts at this point, but it could have been the first country outside of France to adopt the system
History Was Writ Large on This Desk Belonging to Thomas Jefferson
The ingenuity of this clever writing box was matched only by the young republic’s innovative declaration for nationhood
Sally Hemings Gets Her Own Room at Monticello
A renovation at Thomas Jefferson’s estate will give the slave he likely fathered at least six children with a display in what may have been her quarters
Renovated Museum Wing Delves Into Untold Chapters of American History
“The Nation We Build Together” questions American ideals through exhibits on democracy, religion, diversity and more
Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr and the American Way of Treason
The U.S. had good reason to be cautious about drawing a line between disloyalty and conduct deserving of prosecution
The Polish Patriot Who Helped Americans Beat the British
Thaddeus Kosciuszko engineered the colonial defenses in some of the Revolution’s most critical battles
Did John Adams Out Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings?
A scholar makes the intriguing case that Adams gossiped about the relationship years before the news erupted in public
How the Key to the Bastille Ended Up in George Washington’s Possession
A gift from an old friend is one of Mount Vernon’s most fascinating objects
Family Discovers Rare Letters by Thomas Jefferson
In the two letters selling for over $300,000 each, Jefferson opines on the War of 1812 and his dislike for Alexander Hamilton’s economics
Meet Mary Kies, America’s First Woman to Become a Patent Holder
Brains plus bonnets equal a historic first
The Oldest Chemistry Lab in America?
A classroom designed by Thomas Jefferson was rediscovered
Bringing Thomas Jefferson’s Battered Tombstone Back to Life
The founding father’s fragile grave marker has survived for centuries, enduring souveniring, a fire and errant repairs
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