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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
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When a handful of senior citizens revisit the school they attended years ago, they become children again
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Capturing America’s Fight for Freedom
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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George Mason: Forgotten Founder, He Conceived the Bill of Rights
This wise Virginian was a friend to four future presidents, yet he refused to sign the Constitution
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A Tale of Fatal Feuds and Futile Forensics
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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A Noble and Absurd Undertaking
The Federal Writers’ Project gave Depression-era writers a second chance…and America its first comprehensive self-portrait
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Day by Day, In Pursuit of Justice
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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