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Lincoln-Douglas debate

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Negotiations

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas engaged in pre-debate negotiations in 1858.
September 01, 2008 | By Smithsonian.com

Digging Up George Washington

Archaeologists continue to uncover more about the nation's first president
September 01, 2008 | By Amanda Bensen

Roosevelt Campaign Speech

1912 Republican Convention

Return of the Rough Rider
August 2008 | By Lewis L. Gould

William Edgar Geil on the Great Wall at Luowenyu

A Yankee in China

William Lindesay follows the trail of forgotten traveler, William Edgar Geil, the first man to traverse the Great Wall of China.
August 01, 2008 | By Megan Gambino

men with dogs features

Wonders and Whoppers

Following in Marco Polo's footsteps through Asia leads our intrepid author to some surprising conclusions
July 2008 | By Mike Edwards

The Night Council at Fort Necessity

The First “Teflon” Hero

What July 4th, 1754 reveals about George Washington’s survival skills
June 2008 | By Kenneth C. Davis

On her final day as first lady, Betty Ford told Kennerly her idea for the Cabinet Room table.

Betty Ford's Tabled Resolution

Betty Ford had a what-the-hell moment—and an accomplice in photographer David Hume Kennerly
June 2008 | By William Booth

G. Wayne Clough

Interview with G. Wayne Clough

Smithsonian Institution's 12th Secretary discusses his new role, his distinguished career in education and his favorite artifact
May 01, 2008 | By Beth Py-Lieberman

Castro at a rally, 1959

Comrades and Arms

When Fidel Castro asked for a show of hands in support of his new policies, an American journalist captured the response
April 2008 | By Guy Gugliotta

President Lyndon B. Johnson

The Unmaking of the President

Lyndon Johnson believed that his withdrawal from the 1968 presidential campaign would free him to solidify his legacy
April 2008 | By Clay Risen

The Empress Dowager Cixi 1903-1905

Cixi: The Woman Behind the Throne

The concubine who became China’s last empress
March 01, 2008 | By Amanda Bensen

Christopher Columbus crew

The Lost Fort of Columbus

On his voyage to the Americas in 1492, the explorer built a small fort somewhere in the Caribbean
January 2008 | By Frances Maclean

Drayton Hall, a stately Palladian manse built in 1742 near Charleston, South Carolina, was the childhood home of pamphleteer and Continental Congress delegate William Henry Drayton. Its porticoes and pediments convey a sense of grandeur, and it remains in much the same condition as it was 250 years ago.

Revolutionary Real Estate

Statesmen, soldiers and spies who made America and the way they lived
December 2007 | By Hugh Howard

A lock of hair and wool leggings belonging to Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull's Legacy

The Lakota Sioux leader's relics return to his only living descendants
October 31, 2007 | By Jess Blumberg

photos of the Kennedys

Portrait of the Kennedys

Never-before-published photographs reveal a personal side to the first family
October 26, 2007 | By Nicole Wroten

The Kennedys: Portrait of a Family

An excerpt from the new book by Shannon Thomas Perich
October 26, 2007 | By Shannon Thomas Perich

“He’s changed the whole environment,” a fellow educator says of Gonzalez (at Middle School 223, March 2007). Though many of his students come from poor or unstable homes, “he’s shown that all kids can read, all kids can write.”

Organizing Principal

In the South Bronx, Ramón Gonzalez gives a troubled middle school a kidcentric makeover
October 2007 | By Paula Span

“Lending to somebody,” says Flannery, “sends the message that you’re treating them as an equal. It’s a dignifiedway to interact.”

I, Lender

Software engineer Matt Flannery pioneers Internet microloans to the world's poor
October 2007 | By Amy Crawford

Against the British, both Washington and Lafayette (left and right, at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78) had to learn how to lead citizen-soldiers rather than mercenaries, motivating their men through affection and idealism rather than through fear.

Washington & Lafayette

Almost inseparable in wartime, the two generals split over a vital question: Should revolutionary ideals be imposed on others?
September 2007 | By James R. Gaines

War Correspondence

Letters between George Washington and Marquis de Lafayette
September 01, 2007 | By Smithsonian magazine


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