‘America Beats By Far Anything,’ Said the Ex-POW
In WWII, thousands of captive Germans found our prison camps so hospitable that they later became U.S. citizens
Smithsonian Perspectives
The Festival of American Folklife is a popular model for presenting grass-roots culture to the public
Around the Mall & Beyond
In 1939 Moritz Schoenberger, a Hungarian Jew living in Vienna, wanted to join his family in America. His ordeal is told at the National Postal Museum
Flutter by and Be Counted!
At the Fourth of July Butterfly Count, devotees census swallowtails, wood-nymphs and all their colorful kin
Science Defined by the Hands of a Book Artist
You can’t always tell a book by its cover; in fact, it may not even have a cover. These artists’ books convey their message in unexpected ways
The Object at Hand
How a snake, attended by alarums and excursions, made it from an Asian jungle to the National Zoo and so to its present berth in a Smithsonian museum
The Toll You Pay to Enter This Eden is Sweat, Pain and Fear
Not far from Siberia, our second-largest national park is a haven for bear, moose, wolf … but not tourists
The Wolcott Children’s Ballet: In the Backwoods, Dancing Their Hearts Out
It’s a story grounded in a real labor of love sore muscles, hand-stitched costumes, and dreams of grace and aspirations fulfilled
The Fiery Nadar Took Paris’ Pulse
A self-styled bohemian of the mid-19th century, the young photographer captured the spirit of the time in portraits now on exhibit at the Met
Sofonisba Anguissola: Renaissance Painter Extraordinaire
At the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., a ground-breaking exhibition has retrieved a life of true genius
When Youngsters Say Things That Crack You Up, Write Them Down
When youngsters say things that crack you up, write them down
Gifts of Remembrance at the Wall
Near the base of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, comrades and loved ones leave their poignant tokens of remembrance
Chris Evans vs. the Southern Pacific
He’s not well known today, but a century ago this unpredictable train robber and killer was sensational front-page news in California
The Soap Box Derby
The Soap Box Derby, a peculiarly American institution, thrives on the U.S. teenage passion for anything that has four wheels and goes fast
For Our Nuclear Wastes, There’s Gridlock on the Way to the Dump
It’s not an emergency yet, but we have tons of the stuff, some of it hot, some not so hot, and nobody can agree on where to bury it
On the Trail of the Stealth Birds of Our Wetlands
With its cunning camouflage and some mighty morphing, a bittern can be one tough bird to find and a tough customer to boot
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