Jim Ryan resigned as president of the University of Virginia on June 27, citing pressure from the federal government. Before ...

America was founded during the so-called Enlightenment, itself a product of humanism, the Reformation and the Renaissance.

The busts of US Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln tower over the Black ...

"The first formal flower gardens genuinely worthy of the name" in the history of the White House are the Rose Garden and the ...

At Monticello, where Thomas Jefferson retired after leaving the White House in 1809, the house and surrounding fields and gardens have been restored to look as they did when he lived there. Credit ...

The White House Easter Egg Roll has been a spring tradition for more than 140 years. Rutherford B. Hayes started the tradition after kids were banned from rolling eggs on Capitol Hill.

President Thomas Jefferson was the first to devise a landscaping plan for the White House grounds. He envisioned a sweeping lawn with tree-lined promenades, though his plan was only partially ...

The White House has 132 rooms, ... In addition to Roosevelt, the wall featured portraits of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton hung together to symbolize the benefits of different opinions.

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison would be pleased and relieved.” Trump came out and said why he made the move While there was little dispute in a March 27 court hearing about why Trump struck back ...

Thomas Jefferson wanted America to avoid divisions along religious lines. Skip to content. ... He began the project when he resided in the White House and completed it in 1820 after retiring to ...

Mr. Purdum is a former White House correspondent and Los Angeles bureau chief for The Times. Last week, The Atlantic reported that President Trump wants to display the Declaration of Independence ...