Leaders
Historical and modern luminaries in business, politics, the military and exploration
100 Days That Shook the World
The all-but-forgotten story of the unlikely hero who ensured victory in the American Revolution
July 2007 |
By John Ferling
The Swamp Fox
Elusive and crafty, Francis Marion outwitted British troops during the American Revolution
July 01, 2007 |
By Amy Crawford
The Ethiopia Campaign
After fighting neglected diseases in Africa for a quarter century, former president Jimmy Carter takes on one of the continent's biggest killers malaria
June 2007 |
By Robert M. Poole
The Man Who Sailed the World
Ferdinand Magellan's global journey gave him fame, but took his life
June 01, 2007 |
By Haley Crum
Who Was Cleopatra?
Mythology, propaganda, Liz Taylor and the real Queen of the Nile
April 01, 2007 |
By Amy Crawford
Operatic Entrance
As Paris feted Queen Elizabeth II, photographer Bert Hardy found a circumstance to match her pomp
March 2007 |
By David J. Marcou
Catching Up With "Old Slow Trot"
Stubborn and deliberate, General George Henry Thomas was one of the Union's most brilliant strategists. So why was he cheated by history?
March 2007 |
By Ernest B. Furgurson
The Forgotten General
Historians' perspectives on George H. Thomas
March 2007 |
By Ernest B. Furgurson
The Pardon
President Gerald R. Ford's priority was to unite a divided nation. The decision that defined his term proved how difficult that would be
February 2007 |
By Barry Werth
Second Time Around
Invented by Ben Franklin but lost to history, the glass harmonica has been resurrected by modern musicians
February 01, 2007 |
By Catherine Clarke Fox
Marie Antoinette
The teenage queen, now the subject of a new movie, was embraced by France in 1770. Twenty-three years later, she lost her head to the guillotine. (But she never said, "Let them eat cake")
November 2006 |
By Richard Covington
New Faces of 1946
An unpopular president. A war-weary people. In the midterm elections of 60 years ago, voters took aim at incumbents
November 2006 |
By William E. Leuchtenburg
The Spirit of George Washington
After two centuries, Mount Vernon's whiskey distillery returns
November 01, 2006 |
By Cate Lineberry
Discovering George Washington
Little-known facts about the nation's first president
November 01, 2006 |
By Cate Lineberry
Inventive Abe
In 1849, a future president patented an ingenious addition to transportation technology.
October 2006 |
By Owen Edwards
Al Gore Discusses "An Inconvenient Truth"
Environmentalist Al Gore talks about his new movie.
July 01, 2006 |
By Amy Crawford
Ben Franklin Slept Here
The ingenious founding father's only surviving residence, in London, is reborn as a museum
March 2006 |
By Simon Worrall
"My Whole Soul Is In It"
As his army faltered and his cabinet bickered, Abraham Lincoln determined that "we must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued." In 1862, he finally got his chance
January 2006 |
By Doris Kearns Goodwin
Lewis and Clark: The Journey Ends
The triumphant return of the Lewis and Clark expedition
December 2005 |
By Smithsonian magazine
35 Who Made a Difference: Bill Gates
The king of software takes on his biggest challenge yet
November 2005 |
By Jimmy Carter
