Gain new insight into the events of 1814 by attending these reenactments, concerts, walking tours and meals
These documents were both a cause and a salve for the fraught relations between the United States and Indian Nations
A new Smithsonian Channel show reveals groundbreaking research that may explain what really went on there
From the burning of Washington to the siege of Baltimore, what happened in those late summer days?
The blockbuster silent film <em>The Big Parade</em> is among the first to explore the psychological trauma of war
The creators of "Will & Grace" and others donated objects related to gay history
The historic rivalry between the South's polished general and the North's rough and rugged soldier is the subject of a new show at the Portrait Gallery
A massive digitization and transcription project calls for volunteers at the Smithsonian
During WWI, the War Department sent American artists to Europe. The Smithsonian recently digitized the captivating artwork
Before the Civil War, the cabinet position was considered a stepping stone to the Chief Executive; now, not so much
Centuries-old illustrations of sharks show just how much we've learned about the fish since our first sightings of them
Love the idea of getting lost in crooked pathways? Check out the National Building Museum's summer installation
Remembering the Great War and how we're still living through its legacy today
A vehemently isolationist nation needed enticement to join the European war effort. These advertisements were part of the campaign to do just that
America's home front was the site of interment, deportation, and vast property seizure
“Hawaii by Air” opens today at the National Air and Space Museum, tracing the history of air travel to America’s “most exotic state.”
The myth of the Battle of the Marne has persisted, but what exactly happened in the first major conflict of the war?
As long as there have been home runs and strike outs, ballplayers, even some Yankees, have sported mustaches, beards and side burns
The debacle of the Eisenhower memorial is only the most recent entry in a grand D.C. tradition of fraught monuments
Objects belonging to the anti-slavery advocate spent a century collecting dust in an attic. Now they're on their way to the African-American history museum
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