The first shipment of botanical specimens sent to President Jefferson contained the seeds of thousands of miles of fences
After such knowledge, what forgiveness?
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Defenders of honor or shoot-on-sight vigilantes? Even in 19th-century America, it was hard to tell
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Retracing the route of captured American and Filipino soldiers on the Bataan Peninsula in World War II, the author grapples with their sacrifice
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William Clark—a better explorer than speller—tells his older brother of the impending transfer of the Louisiana Territory to the United States
Estate bequests by donors past and present keep the world’s largest museum and research complex humming
In the 1900s, health officials believed that puncturing supposedly disease-infested mail and then fumigating it slowed the spread of illness
Archeologists uncover an early American settlement that history forgot
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Digging into a Historic Rivalry
As archaeologists unearth a secret slave passageway used by abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens, scholars reevaluate his reputation and that of James Buchanan
A cache of recently discovered letters darkens the British naval warrior’s honor and enhances that of his long-suffering wife, Frances
Priceless wisdom that changed my life
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Smithsonian’s wide-ranging mummy collection still speaks to us from centuries past
Off and running in the new year
While the budding Corps of Discovery plans the expedition near St. Louis, William Clark grades the recruits
Fifteen years later, a photograph of an anonymous protester facing down a row of tanks in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square still inspires astonishment
19,000 cargo containers flowing into the US each day pose a needle-in-the-haystack challenge to security officials worried about hidden terrorist weapons
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Descended from American Colonists who fled north rather than join the revolution, Canada’s Tories still raise their tankards to King George
Meriwether Lewis Gets His Marching Orders
Jefferson spells out the mission
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Thanks to an immigrant’s generosity, the Steven Udvar-Hazy Center opens its massive doors to the public
Coming to terms with Shiite beliefs
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