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Monticello research historian Leni Sorensen offers an impression of what life was like for these early White House chefs
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The two-piece bathing suit got skimpier and more scandalous in 1946 Paris
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A San Francisco coffee shop pulls back the curtain to expose the process behind each cup served in their expansive warehouse space
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You'd think the 4th of July would inspire filmmakers to great works, but they have been unable to recreate the events that led to the founding of America
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Back in 1916, the now-famous Nathan's hot-dogs of New York City did not sell on name alone
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Layered, corseted summer garments kept women proper and fashionable, if not cool
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What are the best films that were never put to celluloid? We look back at the passion projects of famous directors that never got off the ground
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Also learn more about the jaw harp, why it takes three days to get to the Moon and more
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The Grammy winner celebrates her 88th birthday with a new album that reflects her lifelong love of kids' music
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New songs by the American folk legend keep turning up, a century after his birth
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In a new alternative history, The Great Emancipator lives to fight a second civil war
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Lal White was forgotten by many, even residents of his small English factory town, but the whimsical Cycle Song hopes to change that
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The mass media artist has been refashioning our idioms into sharp-edged cultural critiques for three decades—and now brings her work to the Hirshhorn
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Objects from Muhammad Ali's headgear to Nat Turner's Bible sit in a holding facility in Maryland, ready to be put on display
Readers Respond to the June Issue
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The Baltic herring ferment inside a can thanks to salt-loving, anaerobic bacteria that produce distinctive organic acids found in sweat and rotting butter
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The Damariscotta River was an epicenter of oyster shucking between 2,200 and 1,000 years ago
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In the latest chapter of the series, we look at how bathing suits came to be an integral part of the Miss America competition
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