In the early morning hours of July 11, 1804, a moment unfolded on the banks of the Hudson River that would forever alter the trajectory of U.S. history. Alexander Hamilton, the former Secretary of the ...

Aaron Burr, who was serving as President Thomas Jefferson's vice president, mortally wounded Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the Treasury, in a pistol duel on this day in history, July 11, ...

On July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met on the dueling grounds at Weehawken, New Jersey, to fight the final skirmish of a long-lived political and personal battle. When the duel was ...

People wait in line to see "Hamilton" at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on May 4, 2016, in New York City. On July 11, 1804, U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr killed longtime political foe Alexander Hamilton ...