Untold Stories of American History
In early 1945, a six-panel comic in a U.S. pamphlet offered a visceral depiction of the Third Reich's killing machine
Forget what you know from the cartoon. The 19th-century story, now in a new translation, was a rallying cry for universal education and Italian nationhood
An unpublished memoir reveals how the world’s most famous child actress became a star of the environmental movement
One sculptor and his team of artists take on the epic project of conveying the century-old conflict through a massive bronze installation
Around 750,000 people died during the conflict—2.5 percent of the country's population at the time
The obscure roots of a centuries-old beverage that’s now a Juneteenth fixture
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The world’s largest book repository has expanded far beyond its original scope to include sound recordings and digitized collections
A Smithsonian curator of medicine and science looks back to the days when police could arrest couples for using contraception
2022 marks the centenary of the German candy company's flagship product
While some aspects of AIM seem like relics of a different version of the internet, others remain deeply embedded in the social media landscape
Untold Stories of American History
New research sheds light on Liss, who was enslaved by the family of a Culper Spy Ring leader and had ties to British spymaster John André
For two centuries, an extreme protectionist policy barred foreigners from setting foot in Japan—except for one tiny island
Fifty years ago, a fame-seeker shot the polarizing politician five times, paralyzing him from the waist down
A $50,000 grant is awarded to the culinary historian for her advocacy of Chinese-American culture and cuisine
Speakers at a ceremony marking the liberation of Flossenbürg condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claims of demilitarizing and de-Nazifying Ukraine
Martha Goddard didn’t receive much recognition—instead she got the job done
Alan B. Shepard's historic Mercury spacesuit undergoes hours of conservation work for its debut when the National Air and Space Museum opens this fall
A new analysis identifies four life-size human figures and an 11-foot rattlesnake drawn on the ceiling of an unnamed cavern
Though founded by Confederates, Julian became a place of opportunity for people of color—and a model for what the U.S. could look like after the Civil War
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