In this interview, Ernest "Pat" Furgurson, author of "Catching Up with 'Old Slow Trot,'" says some people are still fighting the Civil War
An excerpt from Nina Burleigh's book, The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum
James Smithson's biographer offers insight into ideals born of the Age of Enlightenment that gave rise to the founding of the Smithsonian
Historians' perspectives on George H. Thomas
Momentous or Merely Memorable
Stubborn and deliberate, General George Henry Thomas was one of the Union's most brilliant strategists. So why was he cheated by history?
Rebels by any name
A new series of commemorative coins honors presidential spouses whose achievements have long been overlooked
The intriguing and unexpected true story of America's most heroic—and most dangerous—female spy
Momentous or Merely Memorable
"A whole lifetime was over," legendary quarterback Y.A. Tittle recalls
President Gerald R. Ford's priority was to unite a divided nation. The decision that defined his term proved how difficult that would be
At a former Georgia plantation, archaeologists delve into both the workaday and spiritual lives of slaves
America's most singular sensations are at the National Air and Space Museum
The Institution's Regents include the Vice President, the Chief Justice and other national leaders
Momentous or Merely Memorable
George Washington's historic Virginia plantation
Little-known facts about the nation's first president
After two centuries, Mount Vernon's whiskey distillery returns
How three pioneering reporters reshaped the way the press covers elections-and politics itself
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