Founding Fathers
The Polish Patriot Who Helped Americans Beat the British
Thaddeus Kosciuszko engineered the colonial defenses in some of the Revolution's most critical battles
Benjamin Franklin Was a Middle-Aged Widow Named Silence Dogood (And a Few Other Women)
The founding father wrote letters in the voice of female pseudonyms throughout his life
Presidents Can Be Impeached Because Benjamin Franklin Thought It Was Better Than Assassination
The founding fathers struggled with the idea of whether the top leader should be impeachable
Now We’ll Finally Get to See the American Revolution Through the Eyes of King George
A treasure trove of nearly 350,000 documents, about to be released to the public, reveals new insights about how George III lost the colonies
How the Heated, Divisive Election of 1800 Was the First Real Test of American Democracy
A banner from the Smithsonian collections lays out the stakes of Jefferson vs. Adams
Where’s the Debate on Francis Scott Key’s Slave-Holding Legacy?
During his lifetime, abolitionists ridiculed Key’s words, sneering that America was more like the “Land of the Free and Home of the Oppressed”
This Library Has Books Checked Out by Hamilton and Burr
The New York Society Library was wide enough for both men
Get Ready for the “Summer of Hamilton”
A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society focuses on the "$10 Founding Father"
Why Benedict Arnold Turned Traitor Against the American Revolution
The story behind the most famous betrayal in U.S. history shows the complicated politics of the nation's earliest days
The Laptops That Powered the American Revolution
Always on the go, the Founding Fathers waged their war of words from the mahogany mobile devices of their time
Why Elizabeth Hamilton Is Deserving of a Musical of Her Own
How the founding father’s wife kept their love alive in the face of tragedy
The History of the United States’ First Refugee Crisis
Fleeing the Haitian revolution, whites and free blacks were viewed with suspicion by American slaveholders, including Thomas Jefferson
An Intern Saved a Museum by Finding This Revolutionary War Treasure in the Attic
The obvious lesson: never throw anything away
Meet Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Genius Behind "Hamilton," Broadway's Newest Hit
Composer, lyricist and performer, Miranda wows audiences and upends U.S. history with his dazzlingly fresh hip-hop musical
Why Marquis de Lafayette Is Still America's Best Friend
A conversation with Sarah Vowell about her new book, the American Revolution and what we can learn from the Founding Fathers
That Time When Alexander Hamilton Almost Dueled James Monroe
And it was an unlikely ally who put a stop to their petty dispute
The Strange Saga of George Washington’s Bedpan
Even the most mundane of objects associated with the Founding Father have a story
The Founding Fathers and the Women, Not Their Wives, Whom They Wrote To
These words today would raise suspicion if written between married men and their female friends
The Surprising Raucous Home Life of the Madisons
One of America’s founding families kept their true selves for the friends and family
Crashing Alexander Hamilton's Birthday Weekend
Each year, admirers of the oft-neglected Founding Father gather for a multi-day birthday celebration ranging across Manhattan.
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