How a young Jefferson’s plea to the King helped ignite America’s fight for independence

In the summer of 1774 Jefferson retreated to Monticello and wrote a secret plea meant to avert disputes with the British — a ...

As war came to his doorstep, Jefferson fled Monticello but years later returned to power as president.

When British forces under Benedict Arnold sailed up the James River to invade Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, then Governor, hesitated and then fled. Years later he returned to power and became president.
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The story of a Black Revolutionary War hero who took on an entire British platoon lives on

The year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Cardinal News, which first published the following story, has embarked on a three-year project to tell the little-known ...