Americana

Union Colonel Phil Sheridan's Valiant Horse

A young war-horse helped Phil Sheridan win the day in the Shenandoah Valley and, made famous by a poem, helped Abraham Lincoln win re-election

John Fleischman

November 1996

The Object at Hand

There was a time when a cane was the exclamation point to a gentleman's attire, but canes have also been put to a remarkable range of uses

Edwards Park

October 1995

In Small Town, U.S.A., Everyone Is a Somebody

Marlane A. Liddell

September 1995