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Two hundred eighty years ago, on April 13, 1743, Thomas Jefferson was born on the Shadwell Plantation of the British Virginia Colony.

CLAY CITY, Ind. (WTHI) - A local student is being honored for her talents in writing. Sophia paul is a 6th-grade student at Clay City Elementary.

The drastically re-imagined "1776" is not your fathers version of the 1969 tuner, but its a gorgeously sung, thought-provoking look at the founding of a nation and its imperfect attempts to create a more perfect union.

None of the delegates of the Second Continental Congress had any experience in "birthing a nation," but they were learning.

Choosing freedom meant engaging in a war in which the colonial delegates knew many would die.

Wilford Kale's latest book picks.

HICKORY — The John Hoyle Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) recently announced Evaline Tansie and Kiley Scheller as the winners of their American History Essay Contest.

Joseph McDowell Chapter Daughters of American Revolution names American History essay award winners.

BENJAMIN FRANKLINPart Two - Thursday, January 19 at 9 pmIn wartime Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin helps Thomas Jefferson craft the Declaration of Independence. In Paris, he wins French support

John Hancock is a renowned Founding Father for several reasons. One is his king-sized signature on the Declaration of Independence.