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Weekend Events January 13-15: Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday, To the Mountaintop and Native Dance

This weekend, celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr, honor his work with a reading of his most powerful speeches, and enjoy a pow-wow dance and drum performance by St. Labre Indian School students.
January 13, 2012 | By Aviva Shen

Illustrated News

The Civil War in Black and White

A collection of historic front pages shows how civilians experienced and read about the war
January 10, 2012 | By Jeanne Maglaty

How Samuel Morse Got His Big Idea

On this day in 1838, Samuel Morse publicly demonstrated his telegraph for the first time. But how did he get the idea in the first place?
January 06, 2012 | By Joseph Stromberg

Weekend Events Jan 6-8: “This is Not a Film,” Stamps, Masterworks of Three Centuries

This weekend, watch an Iranian film, attend a stamp collecting workshop or listen to eclectic Baroque chamber music
January 05, 2012 | By Aviva Shen

Weekend Events Dec. 30-Jan 1: Treasures at the Museum, Flights of Fancy, and Last Day of ZooLights

This New Year's weekend, meet a children's book author and archivist, come to aviation story time, and catch ZooLights before it's over
December 30, 2011 | By Joseph Stromberg

From the Collections, Sound Recordings Heard for the First Time

The National Museum of American History recovers sound from recordings that have been silenced for over a century
December 14, 2011 | By Megan Gambino

Portsmouth New Hampshire

The Midday Ride of Paul Revere

Longfellow made the patriot’s ride to Lexington legendary, but the story of Revere’s earlier trip to Portsmouth deserves to be retold as well
December 12, 2011 | By Christopher Klein

Herman Hollerith’s Tabulating Machine

On this day in 1888, the groundbreaking tabulator machine was installed in a government office for the first time
December 09, 2011 | By Joseph Stromberg

William Seward with British Minister Lord Lyons

The Unknown Contributions of Brits in the American Civil War

Historian Amanda Foreman discusses how British citizens took part in the war between the Union and the Confederacy
December 09, 2011 | By Megan Gambino

Pearl Harbor survivors

Unflinching Portraits of Pearl Harbor Survivors

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

Tribal youths

Preparing for a New River

Klallam tribal members make plans for holy ancestral sites to resurface after the unparalleled removal of nearby dams
December 2011 | By Abigail Tucker

A Civil War Tune by Edwin Forbes

The Sentimental Ballad of the Civil War

Forget “Dixie,” it was one New Yorker’s “Home Sweet Home” that was the song most beloved by Union and Confederate soldiers
November 30, 2011 | By John Hanc

Washington DC plan

The Monuments That Were Never Built

In a new exhibit at the National Building Museum, imagine Washington D.C. as it could have been
November 23, 2011 | By Megan Gambino

The Story Behind Plymouth Rock

Curator Larry Bird weighs in on the significance of Plymouth Rock—and the two pieces the National Museum of American History has in its collection
November 22, 2011 | By Megan Gambino

Events Nov. 21-24: For All the World To See, Forensics Lab, Beyond Blackface and Thanksgiving

This week, get a guided tour of a fascinating exhibit, experiment in an interactive forensics lab, hear from a noted author and celebrate Thanksgiving
November 21, 2011 | By Joseph Stromberg

First Thanksgiving

What Was on the Menu at the First Thanksgiving?

The history of the holiday meal tells us that turkey was always the centerpiece, but other courses have since disappeared
November 21, 2011 | By Megan Gambino

Sandford Fleming Sets the World’s Clock

On this day in 1883, the railroads adopted a plan for standardized time zones. It all started when one man missed his train
November 18, 2011 | By Joseph Stromberg

Thomas Jefferson books

The Essentials: Five Books on Thomas Jefferson

A Jefferson expert provides a list of indispensable reads about the founding father
November 08, 2011 | By Megan Gambino

The Civil War 150 Years: Solomon Conn’s Violin Diary

A soldier's violin becomes a record of his war-time travels
November 03, 2011 | By Joseph Stromberg

Tuskegee Airmen PT 13D

The Tuskegee Airmen Plane's Last Flight

The final voyage of a World War II biplane evokes the exploits of the legendary fighting force
November 2011 | By Owen Edwards


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