Dangerous Liaisons
Severe cold and fraternizing with the Mandan keep Meriwether Lewis’ doctoring in demand
Ahead of Its Time?
Founded by a freed slave, an Illinois town was a rare example of biracial cooperation before the Civil War
Coming Home
To a war-weary nation, a U.S. POW’s return from captivity in Vietnam in 1973 looked like the happiest of reunions
Rethinking Jamestown
America’s first permanent colonists have been considered incompetent. But new evidence suggests that it was a drought—not indolence—that almost did them in
Free at Last
A new museum celebrates the Underground Railroad, the secret network of people who bravely led slaves to liberty before the Civil War
How 260 Tons of Thanksgiving Leftovers Gave Birth to an Industry
The birth of the TV dinner started with a mistake
Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr and the Election of 1800
For seven days, as the two presidential candidates maneuvered and schemed, the fate of the young republic hung in the ballots
Americans at War
A new exhibition explores the personal dimensions of war: valor and resolve—but also sacrifice and loss
Turrets and Towers
The fanciful design of the Smithsonian Castle150 years old in Decemberbucked the neo-classical trend of Washington’s other monuments and buildings
New Digs
Introducing a new department and the editor who runs it
Four Fateful Elections
What if Lincoln had lost, or if Theodore Roosevelt had won? How did Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan emerge to lead a dispirited nation?
Comedy Central
“Your Show of Shows,” starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, pioneered madcap TV humor in the 1950s
Natural Harmony
The new National Museum of the American Indian is a proud expression of Native American beliefs
Off to the Races
Before the American Revolution, no Thoroughbred did more for racing’s growing popularity than a plucky mare named Selima
Great Finds
Celebrating a magazine’s good fortuneand a nation’s
The Rocky Road to Revolution
While most members of Congress sought a negotiated settlement with England, independence advocates bided their time
Who Wants to Be a Billionaire?
A Rockefeller’s rules for raising responsible children
Off the Beaten Track
During a civil rights march in 1965, photographer Bruce Davidson left the highway to focus on a single Alabama sharecropper and her nine children
The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872
How a Kentucky grifter and his partner pulled off one of the era’s most spectacular scams — until a dedicated man of science exposed their scheme
Westward Ho!
The corps begins its epic journey
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