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The Story Behind the Star Spangled Banner
How the flag that flew proudly over Fort McHenry inspired an anthem and made its way to the Smithsonian
March 01, 2007 |
By Cate Lineberry
Faces of War
Amid the horrors of World War I, a corps of artists brought hope to soldiers disfigured in the trenches
February 2007 |
By Caroline Alexander
Rivaling Nature
The war in Iraq has increased demand for limb and facial plastic surgeons
February 2007 |
By Caroline Alexander
WANTED: The Limping Lady
The intriguing and unexpected true story of America's most heroic—and most dangerous—female spy
February 01, 2007 |
By Cate Lineberry
Waging Peace in the Philippines
With innovative tactics, U.S. forces make headway in the "war on terror"
December 2006 |
By Eliza Griswold
R.I.P., Mighty O
A fabled aircraft carrier sunk deliberately off the coast of Florida is the world's largest artificial reef
November 2006 |
By Geoffrey Norman
Return to the Marsh
The effort to restore the Marsh Arabs' traditional way of life in southern Iraqvirtually eradicated by Saddam Hussein faces new threats.
October 2006 |
By Joshua Hammer
Five Years Later
Tourists flock to the World Trade Center site, but for New Yorkers, 9/11 is history.
September 2006 |
By Pete Hamill
Lost Over Laos
Scientists and soldiers combine forensics and archaeology to search for pilot Bat Masterson, one of 88,000 Americans missing in action from recent wars.
August 2006 |
By Robert M. Poole
Dirty Little Secret
To see the Revolutionary war through the eyes of slaves is to better understand why so many of them fought for the crown
May 2006 |
By Simon Schama
War and Remembrance
An Indian artist's traditional tribute honors Native American soldiers who served in Vietnam
May 2006 |
By Owen Edwards
Home Is the Sailor
One hundred years ago this month, John Paul Jones was welcomed home with great fanfare at the U.S. Naval Academy. But was the body really his?
April 2006 |
By Adam Goodheart
Iraq's Resilient Minority
Shaped by persecution, tribal strife and an unforgiving landscape, Iraq's Kurds have put their dream of independence on hold-for now
December 2005 |
By Andrew Cockburn
A Night at the Opera
Weegee's wartime snapshot was widely seen as social criticism, but it was, in fact, a farce
November 2005 |
By Matthew Gurewitsch
The Best Offense
A buried Civil War battery in a Kentucky suburb tells of valiant men standing at the ready... and waiting... and waiting....
September 2005 |
By Andrew Berg
It's Over
We asked readers to tell us where they were and how they reacted to the news that World War II had ended. And what a response we got!
August 2005 |
By Smithsonian magazine
Return to Da Lat
A veteran Vietnam correspondent revisits the romantic retreat where he, and so many others, sought respite from war in Indochina
August 2005 |
By Stanley Karnow
Preservation or Development at Morris Island?
On this site where the nation's legendary African-American fighting force proved its valor in the Civil War, a housing development ignited a debate over the uses of history
July 2005 |
By Fergus M. Bordewich
Contemplating Churchill
On the 40th anniversary of the wartime leader's death, historians are reassessing the complex figure who carried Britain through its darkest hour
March 2005 |
By Edward Rothstein
Coming Home
To a war-weary nation, a U.S. POW's return from captivity in Vietnam in 1973 looked like the happiest of reunions
January 2005 |
By Carolyn Kleiner Butler
