James Monroe was born on April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the son of a planter family whose fortunes declined after his father’s early death...
Category - Presidents
James Madison wasn’t a towering figure—literally or figuratively—when you first looked at him. Born on March 16, 1751, in Virginia, this soft-spoken, bookish...
Thomas Jefferson wasn’t just the guy on the nickel or the face behind Monticello—he was a walking contradiction, a curious tinkerer, and a revolutionary...
John Adams, born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts, rose from modest beginnings as a farmer’s son to become a lawyer, diplomat, and one of the...
George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. Growing up on a plantation, he...
Abraham Lincoln, born in 1809, is best remembered for his leadership during one of the most turbulent periods in American history, the Civil War. Rising from...
