Discover who James Madison is. Learn about his early life, his key role in the Federalist Papers & Bill of Rights, and his ...

On Thursday, March 16, Montpelier celebrated the 272nd birthday of James Madison, fourth president of the United States and “Father of the Constitution.” A wreath-laying ceremony took place on the ...

A deadlock over the distribution of power threatened to derail the creation of a constitution for the newly formed United ...

America’s 249th birthday Friday will be no party. Call it bittersweet at best. The guns of Gettysburg were stilled on July 4, ...

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain ...

A local social studies teacher has been selected to receive an academic fellowship geared towards promoting study and ...

As Independence Day approaches, it’s worth remembering that America’s Founding Fathers weren’t just fiery revolutionaries — ...

The US Constitution says any natural-born citizen over 35 who has lived in the country for at least 14 years can run for ...

Even as a tenuous cease-fire between Iran and Israel appears to hold, Democrats in the U.S. Congress are falling over ...

I never knew that enforcement of our federal immigration laws was “despicable,” since I write as one whose grandparents were all immigrants, as well as my father, who came to this country at the age ...

As we prepare to celebrate the founding of this nation, let’s keep this in mind: Religious liberty is fundamental to American ...

For a large portion of our nation’s history, March 4 was a day of national transition. Until 1937, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated on January 20, March 4 marked the end of ...