George Washington

The Great Dismal Swamp was once a thriving refuge for runaways.

James Callender spread scurrilous rumors about Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. Then he turned on Thomas Jefferson, too.

As a young woman, civil rights pioneer Pauli Murray discovered that the flag could be used as a symbol of defiance.

An interview with Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf.

Novelists concocted elaborate fake histories for mysterious caves in Virginia.

We need literature that wrestles with the evils of slavery while confronting its complexity – especially when it’s written for children

Originally, the term referred to a specific kind of foreign political violence.

240 years after the American Revolution, debates over how to interpret the conflict and its leaders continue.

Who were Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, and the rest of the first 16 US presidents, what did they do, and what do they hope history has forgotten?

An hour of stories about a few high-stakes inaugurations from the past.

Thomas Jefferson's republican simplicity.

Did the Founders want us to be faithful to their faith?

Oral tradition, nationalism, and the invention of history.

Vincent Carretta takes a look at the remarkable life of the first ever African-American woman to be published.