Eggplant was an important vegetable in the Old World, with roots that reach back to their first known cultivation in ...

In the 1828 presidential election, Gen. Andrew Jackson denied John Quincy Adams a second term in office. Before coming to ...

This week, hear new poetry at New Dominion Bookshop, get your official seeds for Albemarle County Fair's sunflower contest and more.

A first setback occurred when Thomas ... Monticello, where Jefferson's slaves worked their master's plantation, with the Adams home in Massachusetts, where Adams himself tilled his modest garden ...

Thomas Jefferson, the third president, was born on April 13, 1743. Several years ago, my wife Louise and I had celebrated by ...

On sunny days, a young Thomas Jefferson would ride a horse to the high point of his father's 2023-hectare plantation and savour wraparound views of the British colony of Virginia. One day ...

The first eight months of 1802 were mercifully dull for President Jefferson. France and England signed a peace treaty, reopening European and Caribbean ports to American commerce. The Navy was ...

In a time when the world feels increasingly divided, Gabby Thomas and Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day are showing us that something as simple as a garden can be revolutionary. And that real change doesn ...

A copy of the famous American bell can be found inside a bank, which itself is modeled after Independence Hall!