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Founding Fathers

President John Quincy Adams Thought Earth Was Hollow, and Backed an Expedition to Trade With the Mole People
Myths and Realities: Did Betsy Ross Make the First Stars and Stripes Flag?
Thomas Jefferson’s George Costanza Moment: Shipping a Rotting Moose to France to Win an Argument
America’s First Chief Justice Was Almost Killed When New Yorkers Riots Over Grave-Robbing Doctors
Thomas Jefferson Went From Dog Lover to Wanting to Exterminate All Dogs
George Washington’s Mother, Mary Ball Washington, Kept Making Things Awkward for Her Son
Frenchman Pierre Charles L’Enfant Designed America’s Capital City – And Was Never Paid for His Work
Spooky Accounts of George Washington’s Ghost Haunting Mount Vernon
Benjamin Franklin Was a Total Babe Magnet Well Into His Old Age
George Washington Liked Dogs So Much, He Paused America’s War of Independence to Return His Enemy’s Pooch
Slavery in Thomas Jefferson’s Plantation, Monticello
Politicians Who Couldn’t Keep It In Their Pants: Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings