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Not always. Money in America has gone from crops to bullion to greenbacks to electronic markers igniting political and economic crises along the way
When a handful of senior citizens revisit the school they attended years ago, they become children again
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Smithsonian experts help the makers of Mel Gibson's new movie, The Patriot, create scenes and bring the conflict's many factions into sharper focus
It's the star-spangled banner; the anthem it inspired plays on as a musical salute to the stars and stripes
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This wise Virginian was a friend to four future presidents, yet he refused to sign the Constitution
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A Smithsonian anthropologist digs for victims of a West Virginia mob murder
The author, who according to family legend is a direct descendant of Myles Standish, surveys the checkered career of his pugnacious Pilgrim ancestor
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The Federal Writers' Project gave Depression-era writers a second chance...and America its first comprehensive self-portrait
In Washington County, Vermont, prosecutors face mounting caseloads, looming deadlines and ongoing drama
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From finance to feathers, Secretary Lawrence M. Small brings diverse talents to the Smithsonian
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An enigmatic button once decorated the uniform of Haitian liberator Toussaint Louverture
A look at the first president's "best bed" leads to a recollection of the real man and his exemplary life
Five years of heading the Smithsonian continues a proud legacy, but much remains to be done
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A great and good man, but bringing him to life in a debunking age is a hard row to hoe
At Seminole Lodge, where the inventor wintered over in Fort Myers, Florida, he kept a second lab going strong
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