First the jolt of shock, then a shroud of sadness struck the nation in the weeks following that fateful day
Thaddeus Cahill's Telharmonium may not have been a huge success, but it was an important achievement in music history
A new Sidedoor podcast dives into the holiday's origins
His pioneering team of black sociologists created data visualizations that explained institutionalized racism to the world
Likely the United States' first woman employee, this newspaper publisher was a key figure in promoting the ideas that fomented the Revolution
Freed from the political constraints of living in the White House, these famous women have over the decades shared their personal opinions with the public
<em>Atlantic</em> staff writer Frank Foer interviews Damion Thomas about athletes moving from a position of apathy to engagement
But the bugler remembered the story a bit wrong. A century later, a curator sets the record straight
The American Indian Museum puts the 150-year-old Fort Laramie Treaty on view in its "Nation to Nation" exhibition
The end of the war was a welcome reprieve for these three American soldiers, eager to return home
The 16- by 20-foot dwelling once housed the enslaved; a new podcast tells its story
2018 Smithsonian Ingenuity Awards
His uproariously inventive one-man show, soon to be shown on Netflix, puts the story of a neglected culture center stage
A confluence of circumstances led to the deadly disaster, 100 years ago today, in the New York subway that killed 93
Eighty years ago, the horse famously trounced Triple Crown winner War Admiral. Did genetics make him an unlikely success?
The head of the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site calls upon his colleagues to engage with their community by opening their doors to voting
Judy and Dennis Shepard lay their son to rest at the Washington National Cathedral after donating childhood artwork, photos and a wedding ring
Personal stories take the place of military artifacts at the new National Veterans Memorial & Museum
Steel and zinc industries provided Donora residents with work, but also robbed them of their health, and for some, their lives
With a half-dozen medical schools and a shortage of bodies, grave robbing thrived—and with no consequences for the culprits
It took millennia, but America’s founding farmers developed the grain that would fuel civilizations—and still does
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