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Vietnamese Amerasians celebrating their heritage

People & Places

Children of the Vietnam War

Born overseas to Vietnamese mothers and U.S. servicemen, Amerasians brought hard-won resilience to their lives in America
By David Lamb

Also see: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Dragon Boat Festival

The Legends Behind the Dragon Boat Festival

Celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, Duanwu Jie honors storied history with culinary treats
By Jeninne Lee-St. John

Princess Kaiulani

Ka’iulani: Hawaii’s Island Rose

In a brief life filled with loss, Princess Ka’iulani established her legacy
By Janet Hulstrand

Scene from The Searchers and immigrants on Ellis Island

Cowboys and Immigrants

Two dueling archetypes dominated 20th-century American politics. Is it time for them to be reconciled?
By Lance Morrow

Bridge of 33 Arches in Isfahan Iran

Isfahan: Iran's Hidden Jewel

Once the dazzling capital of ancient Persia, Isfahan fell victim to neglect, but a new generation hopes to restore its lost luster
By Andrew Lawler

Tangier Island

Tangier Island and the Way of the Watermen

In the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, a culture struggles to survive as aquatic life becomes scarce
By Kenneth R. Fletcher

Belfast mural

In Northern Ireland, Getting Past the Troubles

A decade after Protestants and Catholics agreed on a peace treaty, both sides are adjusting to a hopeful new reality
By Joshua Hammer

Blue devils at Carnival

Up Close at Trinidad's Carnival

What's really behind the raucous pre-lenten rite? An intrepid scholar hits the streets of Trinidad to find out
By Barbara Ehrenreich

Cindy Sherman self portrait

Cindy Sherman: Monument Valley Girl

The artist's self portrait plays with our notions of an archetypal West
By Victoria Olsen

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Barbara Ehrenreich on “Up Close at Carnival”

By Megan Gambino

Chinese New Year

Around the Mall - Enter the Year of the Ox

The National American Art Museum brought in the Chinese New Year with a festive celebration in Washington, D.C.
By Around the Mall Blog

Somaly Mam

One Woman's Journey to Save Child Slaves

Former child prostitute Somaly Mam has made it her mission to rescue victims of sex slavery throughout the world
By Anika Gupta

a salt-making site at the village of Teguidda-n-Tessoumt in arid northern Niger

Africa on the Fly

Dangling from a paraglider with a propeller on his back, photographer George Steinmetz gets a new perspective on Africa
By Abigail Tucker

Andrew Lawler

Andrew Lawler on “Isfahan: Iran’s Hidden Jewel”

By Jesse Rhodes

Sufi pilgrim dancing

Pakistan's Sufis Preach Faith and Ecstasy

The believers in Islamic mysticism embrace a personal approach to their faith and a different outlook on how to run their country’s government
By Nicholas Schmidle

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  3. Catching a Wave, Powering an Electrical Grid?
  4. Photo Contest Finalist - A mountain dwarfs a passenger boat in the Three Gorges area of the Yangzi River
  5. Photo Contest Finalist - Ganga Arati
  6. Photo Contest Finalist - After a hard night's work at sea, a fisherman collects the rope that ties the nets
  7. Photo Contest Travel Winner - Dining in Gion
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  10. Photo Contest Finalist - Michel Frazier plays in the fields next to her trailer
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  6. Terra Cotta Soldiers on the March
  7. Up in Arms Over a Co-Ed Plebe Summer
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Out of more than 17,000 entries contributed from around the world, Smithsonian and its readers select the year's best

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Counting Down for the Liftoff to the Moon

Counting Down for the Liftoff to the Moon

Photographer David Burnett focused his camera on the many tourists who flocked to Florida in 1969 to watch the launch of Apollo 11

Lucian Perkins Images

A Navy Plebe Re-Meets His Match

Photojournalist Lucian Perkins reunites Naval Academy graduates Sandee Irwin and Don Holcomb, 30 years after his photo captured the new gender dynamics at the school

Deploying the Wave Energy Buoy

Deploying the Wave Energy Buoy

See a prototype of a wave energy buoy bob up and down on the water’s surface as researchers from Oregon State University study its efficacy

Nikita Khrushchevs Great American Tour

Nikita Khrushchev's Great American Tour

As part of a diplomatic mission, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev traveled across the United States, meeting Americans from New York to Iowa to California

Terra Cotta Soldiers

Uncovering the Terra Cotta Soldiers

A curator from the Houston Museum of Natural Science explains how the terra cotta warriors were discovered and what they reveal about China’s Qin dynasty

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July 2009

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