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A new book documents a week in the life of America in all its rich, colorful, contradictory, nostalgic, emotional, heartfelt and, oh yes, exuberant...glory
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Forty years ago, the assassination of JFK stunned Americans, who vividly recall the day even as they grapple with his complex legacy
November anniversaries, momentous or merely memorable
Reconsidering JFK and Sylvia Plath
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The schoolroom staple didn't originally include "under God," even though it was created by an ordained minister
Immersion schools try to revive and preserve Native American languages
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Before the Interstates passed the highway by, America got its kicks on Route 66
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The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum
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Momentous or merely memorable
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Amid all the hoopla, it's easy to lose sight of the expedition's true significance
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For 100 years, Harleys have fueled our road-warrior fantasies
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Returning to Philadelphia from England in 1775, the "wisest American" kept his political leanings to himself. But not for long
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A groundbreaking chronicle sheds new light on one of the most dramatic chapters in American history
Everything old is news again
Before the advent of factory farms and supermarkets, the self-made kings of New York City's butter and egg trade lived extra large
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What awful event forced the Anasazi to flee their homeland, never to return?
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"It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it."— Robert E. Lee, at Fredericksburg
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Where do you put all those treasures?
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MaVynee Betsch wants to memorialize a haven for African-Americans in the time of Jim Crow
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Senate staffers come across a historic treasure in a dusty storage room
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