American History
The Year Montana Rounded Up Citizens for Shooting Off Their Mouths
During World War I, the powers that ran Montana sought any excuse to silence dissent
The 1887 Blizzard That Changed the American Frontier Forever
A blizzard hit the western open range, causing the “Great Die Up” and transforming America’s agricultural history
Ellis Island Isn’t to Blame for Your Family’s Name Change
A long-standing myth obscures the truth behind the Americanization of some European names
What Was Found Inside the Oldest American Time Capsule
Historians in Boston have just cracked open a brass box originally buried in 1795 by Paul Revere and Samuel Adams
Model Your New Year’s Resolutions After Marilyn Monroe’s in 1955
The actress wrote that she wanted to "keep looking around me — only much more so"
The Second Divorce in Colonial America Happened Today in 1643
The Massachusetts Bay Colony Puritans weren’t as conservative as you may have thought
Pittsburgh Has a Huge Collection of Relics
St. Anthony’s Chapel contains the largest number of relics outside of the Vatican
The Library for Magicians Is Taking Appointments
The Conjuring Arts Research Center in New York City houses some of the world's rarest books on the art of deception
The Creepy, Kitschy and Geeky Patches of US Spy Satellite Launches
There may be method to the madness behind the outlandish designs of the National Reconnaissance Office mission patches
Fred Savage and “The Wonder Years” Cast Reflect on Why Their Show Still Matters
The cast and crew of “The Wonder Years” reunited at the American History Museum today to donate costumes and other artifacts
Hollywood Asked for Freeway Noise Barriers First
It only makes sense that the problem of road noise cropped up in Los Angeles
New Amsterdam's First Laws: Drink Less, Fight Less
New Amsterdam was controlled by the Dutch from 1624 to 1664
A Nurse Describes the Smell of the Civil War
The overpowering stink of blood and decaying flesh can surprise even trained soldiers
Soon Enough No One Will Remember Bill Clinton
People mostly remember first and recent US presidents, forgetting almost all the ones that came between
Pardoned Turkeys Spend a Night in a Hotel First
After an evening in a $350 hotel room, today President Obama will spare the birds from the butcher's block
John Smith Coined the Term New England on This 1616 Map
After Jamestown, Smith pushed the English to settle the northeast, identifying Plymouth as a suitable harbor four years before the Pilgrims landed there
How the Office of the Vice Presidency Evolved from Nothing to Something
Vice President John Adams once said "In this I am nothing, But I may be everything." A new book tells how the office has moved from irrelevance to power
Vietnam War Vets Reconnect With Their 1960s Pen Pals For a Museum Donation
Decades after they sat in Mrs. Davis’ fourth grade class, former students donated Vietnam War materials to the American History Museum
A Lost John Steinbeck Short Story Was Rediscovered, Published
The short story deals with the racial politics of the mid-20th century
19th Century Concern Trolling: Chess Is “a Mere Amusement of a Very Inferior Character”
The writers of Scientific American had some not nice things to say about chess
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