Jennifer Schuessler

A new book describes how cutting-edge genomics techniques yielded “extraordinary proof” that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings.

The president’s latest attack on the National Museum of American History reflects his longstanding desire for “patriotic” history.

In the heart of tech-mad San Francisco, Arion Press makes some of the world’s most sought-after dead-tree artifacts, including a new riff on the Declaration of Independence.

The creators of the “National Treasure Hunt” podcast bring their passion for the Nicolas Cage heist movie to the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence.

A knife-wielding masked man. A pig’s head outside his parents’ door. Running 30 marathons in 35 days. The Cambridge professor Jason Arday, accused of plagiarism, says he’s been through it all. Not everyone believes him.

The administration’s report criticizing the National Museum of American History echoes themes of President Trump’s push to reshape the American story.

Many historians have recently seen it as a tame, even disappointing affair. But in the Trump era, the old question of its radicalism is taking on a fresh charge.

The nation’s largest group of scholars of U.S. history denounced a White House report attacking the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

As partisan tensions swirl around festivities in Washington, red and blue states alike are leaning into complex history — and their own stories.

A scene inspired by the winter at Valley Forge has become more prominent in the Trump era, along with claims that the United States was founded as a Christian nation.