U.S. History

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Museum Networking

Whether at the Nobel Prize awards or at the opening of the new Getty center, the Smithsonian has a vital role

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Stamps,— What an Idea!

New commemoratives look like our first stamps, which were slow to catch on in 1847

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The ACLU Defends Everybody

Its clients have ranged from Muhammad Ali to Oliver North, but its real allegiance is to the Bill of Rights

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Little Brother of War

Lacrosse sticks were tools of the trade in a rugged Indian game now growing popular around the world

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Joseph Henry's Legacy

A man of science and compromise, the Smithsonian's first Secretary laid the foundation for success

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The Long Walk to Bosque Redondo

Officials called it a reservation, but to the conquered and exiled Navajos it was a wretched prison camp

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Symbolically Speaking

Smithsonian’s Museum Support Center in Suitland, Maryland

A Real "Nation's Attic"

It's a place with a two-foot-wide "dead zone," a "wet" pod and a refrigerated room for the garbage

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Langley's Feat--and Folly

The Smithsonian Secretary assembled a devoted team, a remarkable engine and a plane that wouldn't fly

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Pipelines to the Public

Through innovative outreach programs, the Smithsonian extends its resources far and wide

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Signs of the Times

Autographs of luminaries —from Lincoln to Liberace —feed the yen for nostalgia and a brush with fame

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Pushing the Envelope

At the National Postal Museum, envelopes are as critical a part of history as the letters inside

Photograph of cased-daguerreotype studio portrait of brain-injury survivor Phineas P. Gage (1823–1860) shown holding the tamping iron which injured him.

Facing a Bumpy History

The much-maligned theory of phrenology gets a tip of the hat from modern neuroscience

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Two Cultures--Never the Twain Shall Meet?

Scientists wonder why today the word "Intellectual" is used to describe only those in arts and letters

Ahmad Lahauri is believed to have been the main architect of the Taj Mahal.

An Illustrated History of a Mughal Emperor

The opulent paintings in the "King of the World" exhibition bring the reign of the Taj Mahal builder to life and incite a passion for learning

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Bang! Bang! You're Dead

Dueling at the drop of a hat was as European as truffles, and as American as mom's apple pie

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For Those Who Want to Play Outdoors

REI was started in the back of a gas station in 1938. Now this consumer co-op is the nation's largest

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Our New Gem Hall is a Jewel, Indeed

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The Space Race

Onetime rivals are now partners. A new exhibition and an IMAX film, Mission to Mir, tell the story

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John Brown's Picture

A long-lost daguerrotype, made by a black artist in 1847, has lately come to rest at the Smithsonian

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