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Buffalo soldiers of the 25th Infantry, some wearing buffalo robes, Ft. Keogh, Montana

Buffalo Soldiers

For decades, African-American Regulars were the most effective troops on the western frontier

Campaign banner for the ill-fated ticket of President Grover Cleveland and Senator Allen Thurman.

The Vote That Failed

Old style ballots cast illegally in Indiana helped topple a president then he helped topple them

The Smithsonian Castle

Engaging a Child’s Mind

At the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center, the museums are a classroom for the very young

John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832

Chief Justice Marshall Takes the Law in Hand

Upsetting Presidents and setting precedents, he helped forge a nation

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Old News is Good News

For the collector of history in print, old news is good news

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Tea and Sisterhood

In 1848 when it came time to declare the rights of women, this tilt-top table provided solid support

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Saving the Nation’s Flag

After nearly two centuries of exposure, the Star-Spangled Banner gets a much needed overhaul

The Postal Museum

Dispatches from the Past

An exhibition at the Postal Museum commemorates the centennial of the Klondike/Alaska gold rush

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Why Save the Flag?

Preserving the Star-Spangled Banner reflects our ongoing effort to establish a more perfect union

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The Strange Case of the Surgeon at Crowthorne

The Strange Case of the Surgeon at Crowthorne

Aldo Leopold (left) and Olaus Muire sitting together outdoors, annual meeting of The Wilderness Society Council, Old Rag, Virginia, 1946

Aldo Leopold: A Sage for All Seasons

Aldo Leopold articulated a new way to look at the land and its creatures

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Jacques-Louis David

Painting martyrs and producing state funerals and pageants, the artist fueled France’s bloody revolutionary fervor

This small piece of yellow metal is believed to be the first piece of gold discovered in 1848 at Sutter's Mill in California, launching the gold rush.

A Metal Far From Base

A tiny flake started the rush to California, but where gold is concerned, that isn’t the half of it

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Long May It Wave

The Smithsonian embarks on an ambitious project to preserve the Star-Spangled Banner

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Tangier

Tales of pirates, diplomacy and espionage frame America’s liaison with the exotic city

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In Vermont, a Valiant Stand for Freedom

At Mount Independence, heroic Americans held off the British in a confrontation that changed the course of the Revolutionary War

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Prized Possessions

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Hang ‘em First, Try ‘em Later

By Gobs! There was nothing judicious about Judge Roy Bean

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Smithsonian Highlights

Smithsonian Highlights

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