A revolutionary American scientist is using subatomic physics to decipher 2,000-year-old texts from the early days of Western civilization
In Nogales, Arizona, the United States and Mexico agreed to build walls separating their countries
Helen Rappaport’s new book investigates if the family could have been saved
The autonomous Spanish region of Catalonia takes center stage at this summer's Smithsonian Folklife Festival
This year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival will offer a window on Armenian visions of home
One hundred years ago, a horrific railway disaster decimated the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus—but the show still went on
What the amputated limbs and full skeletons of a Manassas burial pit tell us about wartime surgical practices
The commemoration of the end of slavery holds special meaning for Americans nationwide
In her new book, 'The Bone and Sinew of the Land', historian Anna-Lisa Cox explores the mostly ignored story of the free black people who first moved West
The National Portrait Gallery brings the eerie power of a historic medium into focus
William the Conqueror's coronation was marred by a bizarre incident. The guards outside the cathedral mistook the cheers for a riot
After winning 6 percent of the vote in the 1912 presidential election, Eugene Debs ran afoul of the nation's new anti-sedition laws
The acclaimed musician offers a moving welcome to the newest U.S. citizens and donates his guitar
A new Supreme Court ruling changes the course of a century-long debate over speech and conduct when voting
An oral history project deepens our understanding of U.S. history by sharing accounts of the community owned by Thomas Jefferson
How the 200-year-old literary genre reflects changing notions of history and society
The deadly conflagration ushered in a series of reforms that are still visible today
Anti-immigration sentiment flavored that cocktail ban, historians say
This increased accessibility of Wilson’s papers coincides with a new wave of interest in the 28th president
The Black Catholic Movement reinvigorated the church, with liturgical innovation, new preaching styles and activist scholarship
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