WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — On this day 85 years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt set the cornerstone for the Jefferson Memorial in a ceremony. On Nov. 15, 1939, President Roosevelt laid ...

It’s truly a paradox that the light shining on the Jefferson Memorial contradicts an American principle that this Founding Father is known for defending. Here’s the storyline: A couple ...

It marks the end of the Jefferson Highway which once stretched from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to New Orleans. Named for President Thomas Jefferson, it was the first intercontinental highway to ...