A Smithsonian curator and a historian discuss the links between the Johnson-Reed Act and Executive Order 9066, which rounded up 120,000 Japanese Americans in camps across the Western U.S.
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Untold Stories of American History
Charles Lewis Tiffany purchased the surplus cable from the 1858 venture, turning it into souvenirs that forever linked his name to the short-lived telecommunications milestone
The story behind the glitzy stretch of highway that became the destination for America’s most sublime—and most sordid—aspirations
A chic light fixture reveals how female designers remade the Tiffany brand—and went largely uncredited for nearly a century
Inside the search for a plane shot down over the Pacific—and the new effort to bring its fallen heroes home
Untold Stories of American History
Harriet M. Buss' missives home detail the future congressman's candid views on race and the complicity of Confederate women
Feminist. Preacher. Abolitionist. Civil rights pioneer. Now the full story of the American icon's life and faith is finally coming to light
Here’s how Venice, Rio de Janeiro, Trinidad and Tobago, New Orleans, and Quebec City mark the pre-Lenten season
The only mythical creature in the Chinese zodiac, the dragon has long been associated with prosperity and imperial power
A few weeks after the president delivered the Gettysburg Address, he called on Congress to welcome immigrants as a "source of national wealth and strength"
Untold Stories of American History
Before Theodore Roosevelt Island was transformed into a tribute to the nation's "conservation president," a prominent Virginia family relied on enslaved laborers to build and tend to its summer home there
Free sessions hosted by the National Museum of African American History and Culture offer visitors advice on researching their genealogy
A new book chronicles the 16-plus battles that took place in the Greek pass between the ancient era and World War II
Ryan Murphy's new mini-series dramatizes the "In Cold Blood" author's betrayal of an insular group of Manhattan socialites
During Carnival, villagers wearing wooden masks and dressing like fearsome “tschäggättä” terrorize the streets
Artists like Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Hendrick Avercamp documented locals' resilience in the face of freezing winters and food shortages
Wilkie Collins drew on his legal training to dramatize the inequality caused by outdated laws regarding marital and property rights
Those who choose to put the numbers on their bodies hope the act will spark conversation about the Holocaust and pay tribute to loved ones who survived
Now with 13 Academy Award nominations to its credit, the blockbuster film comes after nearly eight decades of mythologizing the father of the atomic bomb
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