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Jimmy Carter Transformed More Than the Presidency

Former President Carter died Sunday at age 100 in his Plains, Georgia, home

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Last Chance To See Some Pop Culture Favorites including Kermit the Frog

Here's what is happening in January 2025 at the National Museum of American History

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What's Happening at the National Museum of American History in December

Exhibits, Programs, Music and More!

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What's Happening in November: Events for Native American Heritage Month and More!

Here's what's happening this month at the National Museum of American History

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How a Newspaper Revolution Sparked Protesters and Influencers: Disinformation and the Civil War

How the most divided period in the history of U.S. democracy – the mid-1800s – coincided with a sudden boom in new communications technologies, confrontational political influencers, widespread disinformation, and nasty fights over free speech. This media landscape helped bring about the Civil War.

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Bernice Johnson Reagon's Lessons for Living

Bernice Johnson Reagon’s life offers us lessons to navigate an unjust world and work toward change. From her role as a Civil Rights activist to her transformative curatorial position at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, Reagon demonstrated how songs and musical traditions, particularly those of the oppressed and marginalized, can transform the world.

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What's Happening in October: Food History Weekend and More!

Here's what's happening this month at the National Museum of American History

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To American Revolutionaries, Patriotism Meant Fair Dealing With One Another

When modern Americans call themselves patriots, they are evoking a sentiment that is 250 years old.

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Smithsonian Artifacts Reveal the Historical Significance of Presidential Debates

Bobbleheads, Magic 8 Balls, chairs and other artifacts in the Smithsonian reveal the historical significance of presidential debates.

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The 2024 Political Conventions Find a Home in the Smithsonian Collections

The cheering, clapping and speechifying are over. Historians from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History have returned after their trips to the 2024 political party conventions to collect materials – from balloons to banners to blinking wristbands – at each of them.

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