Founding Fathers
Inside the Founding Fathers’ Debate Over What Constituted an Impeachable Offense
If not for three sparring Virginia delegates, Congress’s power to remove a president would be even more limited than it already is
Excavations Begin on Paul Revere's Privy
Archaeologists in Boston hope the outhouse will reveal the diet and detritus of the families that lived on the site
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Get Your Hamilton Fix With This New Trove of Digitized Documents
The Library of Congress has uploaded 12,000 items relating to the 'ten-dollar Founding Father without a father'
A Brief History of American Dead Letter Offices
The United States postal system was established on this day in 1775, and mail started going "dead" very soon after
Where Did the Term “Gerrymander” Come From?
Elbridge Gerry was a powerful voice in the founding of the nation, but today he's best known for the political practice with an amphibious origin
New Jersey Museum Discovers Stash of Madeira from 1796
Liberty Hall Museum owns the wine and will decide if anyone will be allowed to sample the Revolutionary libation
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
Suggested Alternative Dates for Independence Day
The reason Independence Day is on July 4 isn’t very robust
The Woman Whose Words Inflamed the American Revolution
Mercy Otis Warren used her wit to agitate for independence
The First Declaration of Independence Drafted in the 13 Colonies Was (Probably) a Hoax
Although some are still very invested in the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, the scholarly community maintains it was never real
Found: A Second Parchment Copy of the Declaration of Independence
Likely commissioned in the 1780s by James Wilson, the handwritten copy's signatory order appears to emphasize national unity
How Alexander Hamilton Tackled the National Debt
Facing $80 million in debt as Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton got creative
Telling the Forgotten Stories of the Everyday Americans of the Revolutionary War
Near where the Battle of Yorktown was waged, a new museum fuses innovative technology with storytelling techniques to connect with visitors
Archaeologists Worked Feverishly to Excavate Colonial-Era Graves at Philly Construction Site
The First Baptist Cemetery was supposed to have been moved in 1859, but as it turned out many of the graves were left behind
The Polish Patriot Who Helped Americans Beat the British
Thaddeus Kosciuszko engineered the colonial defenses in some of the Revolution's most critical battles
Benjamin Franklin Was a Middle-Aged Widow Named Silence Dogood (And a Few Other Women)
The founding father wrote letters in the voice of female pseudonyms throughout his life
Presidents Can Be Impeached Because Benjamin Franklin Thought It Was Better Than Assassination
The founding fathers struggled with the idea of whether the top leader should be impeachable
Now We’ll Finally Get to See the American Revolution Through the Eyes of King George
A treasure trove of nearly 350,000 documents, about to be released to the public, reveals new insights about how George III lost the colonies
How the Heated, Divisive Election of 1800 Was the First Real Test of American Democracy
A banner from the Smithsonian collections lays out the stakes of Jefferson vs. Adams
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