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In 1908, an improbable pair of music men hit a tuneful home run without ever having seen a game
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John Lee Hancock's epic re-creation of the 1836 battle between Mexican forces and Texas insurgents casts the massacre in a more historically accurate light
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Since the Smithsonian's earliest days, the help of volunteers has been essential
Rockefeller Center symbolizes the heart of Manhattan
The first shipment of botanical specimens sent to President Jefferson contained the seeds of thousands of miles of fences
After such knowledge, what forgiveness?
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Defenders of honor or shoot-on-sight vigilantes? Even in 19th-century America, it was hard to tell
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William Clark—a better explorer than speller—tells his older brother of the impending transfer of the Louisiana Territory to the United States
Estate bequests by donors past and present keep the world's largest museum and research complex humming
In the 1900s, health officials believed that puncturing supposedly disease-infested mail and then fumigating it slowed the spread of illness
Archeologists uncover an early American settlement that history forgot
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As archaeologists unearth a secret slave passageway used by abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens, scholars reevaluate his reputation and that of James Buchanan
Off and running in the new year
While the budding Corps of Discovery plans the expedition near St. Louis, William Clark grades the recruits
19,000 cargo containers flowing into the US each day pose a needle-in-the-haystack challenge to security officials worried about hidden terrorist weapons
Jefferson spells out the mission
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Thanks to an immigrant's generosity, the Steven Udvar-Hazy Center opens its massive doors to the public
An investigative reporter enlists his journalism students to help him solve Watergate's most intriguing puzzle
Master horologist John Metcalfe keeps on ticking
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