In the wake of the Civil War, the government’s new force sought to enshrine equality under the law
Photographer Drew Gardner painstakingly recreates the images with the notable figures' descendants
In a newly discovered letter, the famed abolitionist wrote that ‘no one monument could be made to tell the whole truth'
In the role of a lifetime, the queer performer was one of the first practitioners of 'method' acting
Cities' geography can aid, underscore or discourage a movement's success
Places of memory up and down the East Coast also witnessed acts of resistance and oppression
Control of the federal city was long dictated by Congress until residents took a stand beginning in the 1960s
The seminal work, a contemporary <em>Guernica</em>, is the first joint acquisition for the Hirshhorn and the Smithsonian American Art Museum
In this endearing homage, poet-scholar drea brown finds ancestral and personal healing
Following Custer's defeat, tribal leaders made difficult decisions to ensure the safety of their people that continue today in the time of COVID-19
As long as the ideology has threatened marginalized communities, groups on the left have pushed back with force
The nation's indigenous population has long been undercounted, but the pandemic presents extra hurdles
Five hundred years ago, the English and French kings proclaimed their friendship—and military might—at the Field of Cloth of Gold
More than seventy-five years ago, the final great battle of WWII convinced Allied leaders to drop the atomic bomb on Japan
Though he had no biological children, the first president acted as a father figure to Martha's descendants
The remains of a provincial capital on the Yucatan Peninsula attest to a people trying to fortify their place in the world
Smithsonian curator Margaret Weitekamp reflects on the historic parallel between 2020 and 1969
Stewart Adams' headache subsided—and his over-the-counter pain reliever became one of the world's most popular medications
Lena Richard was a successful New Orleans-based chef, educator, writer and entrepreneur
Processed cheese solved the problem of the dairy product going bad, and it was incredibly convenient
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