They may not have been hosting a cookout, but they did know how to imbibe and celebrate
From 'rusty rattletraps' to 'big black jacked-up' rides, the vehicles symbolize blue-collar identity while flaunting bourgeois prosperity
1968: The Year That Shattered America
Headlines from <em>The New York Times</em> reveal how the nation and the world commemorated Independence Day in what had already been a tumultuous year
In eight years, the soccer tournament will come to the U.S. just as we mark a major anniversary, providing an opportunity that can't be missed
Powell’s foresight might have prevented the 1930s dust bowl and perhaps, today’s water scarcities
With heavy fog and windy conditions, sailing into San Francisco Bay has long been a hazardous affair. Then, in 1870, things got a lot safer
On Coolidge’s would-be 146th birthday, celebrate with some little-known facts about our 30th President
By bussing black kids from Hartford to the shore, Ned Coll took a stand against the bigotry of “armchair liberals”
It's August 26, 1968, and the Democratic National Convention is about to kick off in Chicago. In the background, scenes of turbulence and unrest
The gooey snack became popular thanks to technological advances of the Industrial Revolution, which brought cheap sweets to the masses
A new Smithsonian exhibition examines the global context that bolstered the colonists’ fight for independence
A strange and bittersweet ballad of kidnapping, stolen identity and unlikely stardom
As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria approaches, Puerto Ricans feel not only devastated but abandoned
Forty years ago, preservationists—including a former First Lady—fought to maintain the integrity of New York City’s historic railway station
The National Museum of the American Indian has reached a final decision on which design to implement
In Nogales, Arizona, the United States and Mexico agreed to build walls separating their countries
One hundred years ago, a horrific railway disaster decimated the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus—but the show still went on
What the amputated limbs and full skeletons of a Manassas burial pit tell us about wartime surgical practices
In her new book, 'The Bone and Sinew of the Land', historian Anna-Lisa Cox explores the mostly ignored story of the free black people who first moved West
The National Portrait Gallery brings the eerie power of a historic medium into focus
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