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Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin

How Lincoln and Darwin Shaped the Modern World

Born on the same day, Lincoln and Darwin would forever influence how people think about the modern world
February 2009 | By Adam Gopnik

Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin

Darwin on Lincoln and Vice Versa

Two of the world’s greatest modern thinkers are much celebrated, but what did they know of one another?
January 22, 2009 | By Laura Helmuth, Mark Strauss and Terence Monmaney

Laddie Boy with silver portrait

The White House’s First Celebrity Dog

Bo, the Obama’s First Pooch, has a legacy to live up to in Laddie Boy, the family pet of President Harding
January 22, 2009 | By Diane Tedeschi

Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairey: The Artist Behind the Obama Portrait

A portrait created by a graphic designer ended up becoming the icon for the Obama campaign and an international phenomenon
January 14, 2009 | By Megan Gambino

Six Indian chiefs at President Roosevelts 1905 Inaugural parade

Indians on the Inaugural March

At the invitation of Theodore Roosevelt, six Indian chiefs marched in his inaugural parade as representatives of their tribes
January 14, 2009 | By Jesse Rhodes

US Marine Band

After an Inauguration, the Stars Come out to Play

Ever since George Washington danced after his inauguration, the ceremony has brought big names in the arts to the capital city
January 13, 2009 | By Katy June-Friesen

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
January 12, 2009 | By Anika Gupta

Franklin Roosevelts second inaugural address

Behind Inaugural Speeches, Meaningful Words

What words do presidents focus on most in their inaugural addresses? Explore speeches, from Washington to Obama
January 05, 2009 | By Mark Strauss and Brian Wolly

David Frost interviews Richard Nixon in Ron Howards Frost/Nixon

Frost, Nixon and Me

Author James Reston Jr. discovers firsthand what is gained and lost when history is turned into entertainment
January 2009 | By James Reston Jr.

President Lincoln with officers at the Battle of Antietam

Lincoln as Commander in Chief

A self-taught strategist with no combat experience, Abraham Lincoln saw the path to victory more clearly than his generals
January 2009 | By James M. McPherson

Inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961

Inaugural Firsts

When was the first inaugural parade? Who had the longest inaugural address? A look at presidential inaugurations through time
December 17, 2008 | By Brian Wolly

Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg

Gettysburg Address Displayed at Smithsonian

Lincoln's timeless speech during the Civil War endures as a national treasure
December 2008 | By Owen Edwards

Bill Eppridge

The Lasting Impact of a Civil Rights Icon's Murder

One of three civil rights workers murdered in Mississippi in 1964 was James Chaney. His younger brother would never be the same
December 2008 | By Hank Klibanoff

Mary Pinchot Meyer

44 Years Later, a Washington, D.C. Death Unresolved

Mary Pinchot Meyer's death remains a mystery. But it's her life that holds more interest now
December 2008 | By Lance Morrow

Andy Warhol Pop Politics

Warhol's Pop Politics

Andy Warhol's political portraits anticipated today's blurred boundaries between public office and stardom
October 31, 2008 | By Julia Ann Weekes

Enrique Penalosa

Colombia Dispatch 11: Former Bogota mayor Enrique Peñalosa

The former mayor of Colombia's capital city transformed Bogota with 'green' innovations that employed the poor and helped the environment
October 29, 2008 | By Kenneth Fletcher

Montpelier

Montpelier and the Legacy of James Madison

The recently restored Virginia estate of James Madison was home to a founding father and the ideals that shaped a nation
October 20, 2008 | By Kenneth R. Fletcher

Lincoln Gettysburg Address

Ted Sorensen on Abraham Lincoln: A Man of His Words

Kennedy advisor Ted Sorensen found that of all the U.S. presidents, Lincoln had the best speechwriter—himself
October 2008 | By Theodore C. Sorensen

Washington dig site

Washington's Boyhood Home

Archaeologists have finally pinpointed the Virginia house where our first president came of age
September 2008 | By David Zax

Lincoln-Douglas debate

How Lincoln Bested Douglas in Their Famous Debates

The 1858 debates reframed America's argument about slavery and transformed Lincoln into a presidential contender
September 2008 | By Fergus M. Bordewich


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