This wartime painting series reminded Americans what they were fighting for
Marking a 150-year anniversary and a promise kept to return the people to their ancestral home
Thirty years ago, an acclaimed series of documentaries introduced the world to an isolated tribe in Papua New Guinea. What happened when the cameras left?
The American naturalist spent the last years of his life cataloguing America's four-legged creatures
He was among the most influential religious leaders in U.S. history, says Peter Manseau
Researchers trace the income gap back more than 11,000 years
The denim-clad artist who painted American Gothic wasn’t the hayseed he’d have you believe
One hundred years later, the campaign for the women’s vote has many potent similarities to the politics of today
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white male. Her arrest sparked a citywide boycott against Montgomery buses
Once John E. Washington started to dig, he found an incredible wealth of untapped knowledge about the 16th president
In mid-1954, a riveted nation watched Senator Joseph McCarthy accuse the U.S. Army of being infiltrated by communistd
The White House isn't the only address worth visiting this Presidents' Day
The connection between first lady Mary Todd Lincoln and her African-American seamstress Elizabeth Keckley was a remarkably strong one
But there's a kernel of truth to many of them because Washington was a legend in his own time
For seven years an internee at the infamous "Hanoi Hilton," Congressman Sam Johnson entrusts his story to the Smithsonian
This reminder of centuries-old history was sitting in plain sight all along
Lyndon Johnson’s cantankerous nature carried over to even the more engaging parts of being Commander in Chief
A mysterious serial killer prowled in a city rife with xenophobia and racism
A live oak tree from a South Georgia island community will one day enhance the grounds of the African American History Museum
The holiday began as a feast to celebrate the decapitation of a third-century Christian martyr, or perhaps two. So how did it become all about love?
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