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Christopher Columbus

Columbus' Confusion About the New World

The European discovery of America opened possibilities for those with eyes to see. But Columbus was not one of them
October 2009 | By Edmund S. Morgan

Town in Idaho destroyed by 1910 forest fire

The Legacy of America’s Largest Forest Fire

A 1910 wildfire that raged across three Western states helped advance the nation’s conservation efforts
September 17, 2009 | By Timothy Egan

Fondly Do We Hope Fervently Do We Pray rehearsal

Dancing Around Abraham Lincoln

Bill T. Jones, one of America’s foremost living choreographers, tackles Lincoln’s complicated legacy in his newest work
September 11, 2009 | By Rebecca Milzoff

Buzz Aldrin

Q and A: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the Moon

Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, reflects on the Apollo 11 mission
August 2009 | By Joseph Caputo

Library of Congress curator Mark Dimunation embarked on years-long mission to track down copies of books once owned by Thomas Jefferson.

On the Hunt for Jefferson's Lost Books

A Library of Congress curator is on a worldwide mission to find exact copies of the books that belonged to Thomas Jefferson
August 11, 2009 | By Ashley Luthern

Benjamin Franklin

Ben Franklin: Patriot, Foodie

American patriot Benjamin Franklin was a fan of food and helped France change their opinion on potatoes
July 02, 2009 | By Smithsonian.com

Eleanor Roosevelt Val Kill home

Revisiting the First Ladies’ Homes

The oft-overlooked lives of America's first ladies are on display in house museums across the country
June 30, 2009 | By Robin T. Reid

General George Patton and Benjamin W Patton

For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground

Famed World War II Gen. George S. Patton's grandson finds his calling in the ashes of his fathers journals
June 2009 | By Benjamin W. Patton

Arthur E Cederquist Old Pennsylvania Farm in Winter

What’s the Deal about New Deal Art?

As the first of the New Deal acts that funded public art projects with federal money, the PWAP produced more than 15,000 works of art in just six months
May 19, 2009 | By David A. Taylor

Eunice Kennedy Shriver by David Lenz

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Portrait Unveiled

At the National Portrait Gallery, artist David Lenz pays tribute to a champion for the intellectually disabled
May 11, 2009 | By Barbara Sanford

Princess Kaiulani

Ka’iulani: Hawaii’s Island Rose

In a brief life filled with loss, Princess Ka’iulani established her legacy
May 08, 2009 | By Janet Hulstrand

A hut at Cape Evans

Finding Feisty Fungi in Antarctica

In a place where no one believed they existed–-treeless Antartica–wood fungi are feasting on polar exploration relics
May 2009 | By Emily Stone

Frederick Cook and Robert Peary

Who Discovered the North Pole?

A century ago, explorer Robert Peary earned fame for discovering the North Pole, but did Frederick Cook get there first?
April 2009 | By Bruce Henderson

14th century gold alloy bracelet

Genghis Khan’s Treasures

Beneath the ruins of Genghis Khan’s capital city in Central Asia, archaeologists discovered artifacts from cultures near and far
March 25, 2009 | By Abigail Tucker

Abraham Lincolns pocket watch with hidden engraving

Lincoln's Pocket Watch Reveals Long-Hidden Message

The Smithsonian opens one of its prized artifacts and a story unfolds
March 11, 2009 | By Beth Py-Lieberman

Harry Bingham in Marseille

Saving the Jews of Nazi France

As Jews in France tried to flee the Nazi occupation, Harry Bingham, an American diplomat, sped them to safety
March 2009 | By Peter Eisner

Harry Bingham in Peru

Who Discovered Machu Picchu?

Controversy swirls as to whether an archaeologist's claim to fame as the discoverer of Machu Picchu has any merit
March 2009 | By Peter Eisner

Charles Carl Lutz, a Holocaust rescuer

Five Rescuers of Those Threatened by the Holocaust

Righteous good Samaritans came from across the world to save Jews and others from concentration camps
February 24, 2009 | By Marian Holmes

Lincoln Memorial

Lincoln's Contested Legacy

Great Emancipator or unreconstructed racist? Each generation evokes a different Lincoln. But who was our sixteenth president?
February 2009 | By Philip B. Kunhardt III

Mob attacks bus

The Freedom Riders, Then and Now

Fighting racial segregation in the South, these activists were beaten and arrested. Where are they now, nearly fifty years later?
February 2009 | By Marian Smith Holmes


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