In 1776, the Founding Fathers of America signed the Declaration of Independence, embarking on a new experiment in how to build a nation. On the eve of the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration ...

Our Founding Fathers might be esteemed for getting the United States of America started, but they were still regular people, with all-too-human quirks, personality flaws and family issues. One was too ...

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Americans remain largely unaware that many of the famous Founding Fathers were deeply in debt. Some of them, including Thomas Jefferson, attempted to forestall foreclosure by using their slaves as ...

Since 1969, Broadway musical "1776" has been entertaining crowds across the United States and beyond, but for the first time since launching, the show is touring without men portraying the founding ...

Recent decisions on abortion, guns and school prayer made by the Supreme Court prove that the Founding Fathers deserve less reverence in our society, one historian proposed in the Boston Globe.

George Frederick Bristow, born 200 years ago this month, struggled to find American champions of his music as orchestras ...