Leaders
Historical and modern luminaries in business, politics, the military and exploration
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
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
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 First “Teflon” Hero
What July 4th, 1754 reveals about George Washington’s survival skills
June 2008 |
By Kenneth C. Davis
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
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
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
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
Cixi: The Woman Behind the Throne
The concubine who became China’s last empress
March 01, 2008 |
By Amanda Bensen
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
Revolutionary Real Estate
Statesmen, soldiers and spies who made America and the way they lived
December 2007 |
By Hugh Howard
Sitting Bull's Legacy
The Lakota Sioux leader's relics return to his only living descendants
October 31, 2007 |
By Jess Blumberg
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
Organizing Principal
In the South Bronx, Ramón Gonzalez gives a troubled middle school a kidcentric makeover
October 2007 |
By Paula Span
I, Lender
Software engineer Matt Flannery pioneers Internet microloans to the world's poor
October 2007 |
By Amy Crawford
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
