John Adams

Now, and for some years to come, we will need a lot less Paul Weiss, and a lot more Benjamin Warner.

On the tension between celebratory rhetoric and restrictive policy surrounding immigration.

The founders anticipated someone like Trump partly because they’d been reading Edward Gibbon’s 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.'

We must stand by the principles of the open society, pluralism, freedom, and mutual toleration.

This year’s momentous vote strangely resembles one of the most consequential elections in American history.

The election of 1801 offers a first-hand example of how current events can offer historians new perspectives on the past.

Make one of President George Washington's favorite cocktails.

The reelection of Donald Trump would mark the end of George Washington’s vision for the presidency—and the United States.

Many founders expressed their hope that slavery would be abolished, while simultaneously exerting themselves to defend it.

The factionalized press was the site of campaigning in the U.S.'s first contested presidential elections.

Ask George Washington.

Florida’s new school chaplain law invites a constitutional crisis as DeSantis bars some religions, defying First Amendment protections on religious liberty.

Silence and volume in collections and institutions.

In sending military aid to Ukraine, America’s values and security interests are aligned.

Federal lighthouses symbolized a vigorous young nation barreling toward maturity.

John Mitchell's renowned 1755 map was a part of King George III's extensive collection of topographical charts that helped shape American designs on Canada.

Contrary to popular belief, the 1773 protest opposed a tax break, not a tax hike. And it didn't immediately unify the colonies against the British.

While many Americans gushed about the effectiveness of the ‘Destruction of the Tea,’ others thought it went too far.

'All men are created equal' coexisted with the understanding that not all were meant to be treated equally in life.

The relatively unknown Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana has been elevated to the powerful position of Speaker of the House.