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September 2004

Features

Francis Scott Key, who wrote the words that would become our national anthem, had opposed America's entry into the War of 1812

Norman Gelb

Far from being a wasteland of ice and snow, the world's most remote region is alive with history, color and life

They fled terror in Laos after secretly aiding American forces in the Vietnam War. Now 200,000 Hmong prosper-and struggle-in the United States

Marc Kaufman

The California condor learns from people, other condors and the school of hard knocks

A.J.S. Rayl

A star of the 1960s art scene returns with a triumphant exhibition of futuristic works

Indelible Images

An eccentric photographer and a racehorse made history one day in 1878. The world would never look the same

Points of Interest

For whistle-stop campaigning or just rolling down memory lane, nothing could be finer than your own railroad car

Myron Beckenstein

The Object at Hand

"Your Show of Shows," starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, pioneered madcap TV humor in the 1950s

People File

Wielding cutting-edge science and lots of patience. James Hill Craddock hopes to restore the ravaged American chestnut tree to its former glory

Susan Freinkel

Editor's Note