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The founder of Rhode Island often helped out the early colonists in their dealings with Native Americans
January 01, 2012
| By Lyn Garrity
Seventy years after the day that lives on in infamy, the soldiers stationed at Pearl Harbor recall their experiences
December 05, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
The pioneering physicist's dedication to science made it difficult for outsiders to understand her, but a century after her second Nobel prize, she gets a second look
October 2011
| By Julie Des Jardins
Stalwarts of early 20th-century sports pages, Conlon’s photos of the national pastime have their second chance at the plate
September 01, 2011
| By David Davis
It wasn't until after he failed as an artist that Morse revolutionized communications by inventing the telegraph
September 2011
| By David McCullough
The Holocaust survivor, author and Medal of Freedom winner discusses liberation day and cherished freedoms
June 13, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
A newly released book brings new insight into the trial attorney made famous by the Scopes monkey trial
June 11, 2011
| By T.A. Frail
Civil War scholar Harold Holzer helps to decode what spectators heard when the 16th president spoke
June 07, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
For millions of people, their only knowledge about New York City was O.O. McIntyre’s daily column about life in the Big Apple
April 25, 2011
| By Greg Daugherty
The American cyclist crossed paths with Sonja Henje and Adolf Hitler as he transversed the globe on Bucephalus, his trusty bike
April 13, 2011
| By David Herlihy
The biographer and author of a new book discusses what new there is to learn about the ancient Greek philosopher
April 2011
| By Megan Gambino
It seemed as if everyone rejoiced at the election of our first chief executive except the man himself
February 2011
| By Ron Chernow
In an excerpt from her memoir, Reeve Lindbergh, the daughter of the famous aviator, recalls her father's love of checklists
December 20, 2010
| By Reeve Lindbergh
In 1903, photographer Edward Steichen portrayed the American tycoon in an especially ruthless light
January 2011
| By Abigail Tucker
Egypt's ruler was more than the sum of the seductions that loom so large in history—and in Hollywood
December 2010
| By Stacy Schiff
A carved walking stick evokes ship commander John F. Kennedy's dramatic rescue at sea
November 2010
| By Owen Edwards
Most famous today as a founding father, inventor and diplomat, Franklin also commanded troops during the French and Indian War
October 08, 2010
| By Brooke C. Stoddard
A pair of woven, beaded garters reflects the spirit of Seminole warrior Osceola
October 2010
| By Owen Edwards
A hymnal owned by the brave leader of the Underground Railroad brings new insights into the life of the American heroine
September 2010
| By Owen Edwards
Born in 1860, the famed female sharpshooter skillfully cultivated an image of a daredevil performer with proper Victorian morals
August 12, 2010
| By Jess Righthand
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