American History

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Events: Quilting, Crafts, Earth Day and all that Jazz

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Events: Ethel Merman, Musical Theater, Apollo 13 Memorabilia and More!

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Weekend Events: Jazz in the Park, Art and Cocktails and Fabulous Furniture!

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Smithsonian Celebrates Mathematics Awareness Month

John Wilkes Booth leans forward to shoot President Abraham Lincoln as he watches a play at Ford's Theatre in 1865.

Lincoln's Missing Bodyguard

What happened to Officer John Parker, the man who chose the wrong night to leave his post at Ford's Theatre?

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JAM: Jazz Appreciation Month at Smithsonian

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Looking Back at an Early Woman Inventor: Charlotte Kramer Sachs

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Events: Easter Monday, Guitar Workshop, Earth Day and More!

During the era of horse-drawn railroads, workers filled in a ravine at Duffy's Cut.

Ireland's Forgotten Sons Recovered Two Centuries Later

In Pennsylvania, amateur archaeologists unearth a mass grave of immigrant railroad workers who disappeared in 1832

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Events: Honoring Elvis, a Kimono Fashion Show, Fun with Nanotechnology and More!

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Events: Women Inventors, Walking in Space, Quilting and More!

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Environmental Film Festival Roundup

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Meet Mrs. Obama's Inaugural Jewelry Designer Loree Rodkin

"You've called the wrong jewelry designer," was Rodkin's first thought when she got the call to do Michelle Obama's inaugural earrings, ring and bracelets

Michelle Obama in her inaugural gown.

Michelle Obama's Inaugural Ball Dress Comes to the Smithsonian

In 1903, a barge called the Harold tipped somewhere off the coast of New York City, sending most of its 7,700 silver-and-lead bars to the bottom.

The Search for the Guggenheim Treasure

Loot valued at $20 million lies off the coast of Staten Island, and Ken Hayes is on the hunt for the sunken silver bullion

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Weekend Events: Black History Month Family Celebration, Glass Artist Karen LaMonte, and the Zoo's Wild Side Stage

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30th Anniversary of the Miracle on Ice

The men's hockey team shocked the world

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Events: Founding Fathers, Civil Rights Activists and Gershwin's Porgy

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Events: How To Build a Building, Remember Japanese Internment and Celebrate Civil Rights

May Asaki Ishimoto became one of the country's most established ballet wardrobe mistresses.

The Story of a Ballet Wardrobe Mistress

The precise stitchwork of May Asaka Ishimoto, a second generation Japanese American who survived two years in an internment camp

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