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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
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A new museum celebrates the Underground Railroad, the secret network of people who bravely led slaves to liberty before the Civil War
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How 260 Tons of Thanksgiving Leftovers Gave Birth to an Industry
The birth of the TV dinner started with a mistake
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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
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A new exhibition explores the personal dimensions of war: valor and resolve—but also sacrifice and loss
The fanciful design of the Smithsonian Castle150 years old in Decemberbucked the neo-classical trend of Washington’s other monuments and buildings
Introducing a new department and the editor who runs it
What if Lincoln had lost, or if Theodore Roosevelt had won? How did Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan emerge to lead a dispirited nation?
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“Your Show of Shows,” starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, pioneered madcap TV humor in the 1950s
The new National Museum of the American Indian is a proud expression of Native American beliefs
Before the American Revolution, no Thoroughbred did more for racing’s growing popularity than a plucky mare named Selima
Celebrating a magazine’s good fortuneand a nation’s
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
During a civil rights march in 1965, photographer Bruce Davidson left the highway to focus on a single Alabama sharecropper and her nine children
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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
The corps begins its epic journey
Momentous or merely memorable
For the dedication of a new World War II memorial on the Mall, the Smithsonian will stage a four-day festival of reminiscence
As America’s first black military pilots, Tuskegee airmen faced a battle against racism
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