Americans have erected countless monuments to wars gone by. But how do we pay tribute to the fallen in a conflict that might never end?
Twenty-five years after the battle chronicled in the best-selling book, the author argues that we've learned the wrong lessons about fighting terrorism
For centuries immigrants who served in the military could become American citizens. But are the women and men pictured here among the last?
A beloved Robert Frost poem is among the many creations that are (finally) losing their protections in 2019
Corporal Jimenez was on patrol in southern Afghanistan when a mine exploded, changing his life forever
I brought a seasoned veteran of the conflict in Afghanistan into my home—and then things got wild
Your reaction to our package of stories about the Holocaust
Herbert A. Gilbert invented his "Smokeless" in 1963, but he couldn't convince any companies to bring the device to market
How the "Dear Friends" missive started and how it has survived the Facebook age
The painter who toiled in the shadow of her celebrated sibling is the subject of a new, major exhibition
Long before parents freaked over the ubiquitous video game, they flipped out over another newfangled fad
A new book advances a controversial theory about the singular contribution that went into the brothers’ pioneering achievement
In the last decade alone, American taxpayers have spent at least $40 million on Confederate monuments and groups that perpetuate racist ideology
One of the war's greatest battles was fought again and again on a spectacular canvas nearly 400 feet long. At last, the real history is being restored
2018 Smithsonian Ingenuity Awards
The musical virtuoso leaves her old persona behind with her third album, <em>Dirty Computer</em>
2018 Smithsonian Ingenuity Awards
Like Johnny Appleseed, Smith has been planting the seeds of verse across the U.S.
2018 Smithsonian Ingenuity Awards
How the leaders of a farmworkers' alliance reached across cultural divides to fight sexual harassment
2018 Smithsonian Ingenuity Awards
A wife-and-husband research team cracks the code to allow certain patients to see again
2018 Smithsonian Ingenuity Awards
After the massacre at a Florida high school, these brave students provided a way forward
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