These days, it seems Americans can hardly go outside without walking into a festival, from small-town celebrations of pickles or mariachi to high-ticket destination events like Burning Man. But for festival aficionados, there was one big absence on the 20... See more
Since leaving the White House, Michelle Obama has sometimes sharply spoken her mind about President Trump's policies and leadership. Now, she seems to have delivered her thoughts on another subject: his efforts to radically reshape the White House itself.... See more
One Saturday this month, three people gathered in the cemetery at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's hilltop estate in Virginia. After opening up the earth, they placed a container of ashes into the ground, along with family mementos and a photograph of a bab... See more
Skip to content Two centuries on, Smithsonian connects Jefferson’s hair to Hemings’ children It’s a 15-year detective story that involves archaeologists, genealogists, molecular geneticists, and historians, stretching across multiple changes in Smithsonia... See more
For more than 200 years, the question has nagged at the edges of American history: Did Thomas Jefferson father children by Sally Hemings, a woman he enslaved? The claim that he did has prompted denials, polemics, scandalous bestsellers and sober historica... See more
