When bombs terrorized America, the Attorney General launched the “Palmer Raids”
It turns out the America portrayed by printmakers Currier and Ives was not all sleigh rides in the snow
Time and again, America has demonstrated a resilience that is rooted in the remarkable diversity of her people
An investigation of old grave sites in New England is unearthing hard truths about yankees and slavery
For an inaugural ball, a victim of war created an evening bag for the First Lady of a war hero
This printer, scientist and ambassador early formed a plan for himself and for the country he helped to found
It’s the star-spangled banner; the anthem it inspired plays on as a musical salute to the stars and stripes
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
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
The author, who according to family legend is a direct descendant of Myles Standish, surveys the checkered career of his pugnacious Pilgrim ancestor
A Tale of Fatal Feuds and Futile Forensics
A Smithsonian anthropologist digs for victims of a West Virginia mob murder
Picturing the American Century
As the 1900s slip away, New York’s Whitney Museum recalls the artists and images that made these years uniquely ours
An image at the National Portrait Gallery may be the truest account we have of the Indian princess
Even in the computer age, a thousand-ton train driven by fire and water inspires awe
Old style ballots cast illegally in Indiana helped topple a president then he helped topple them
Preserving the Star-Spangled Banner reflects our ongoing effort to establish a more perfect union
Bertram and Nina Little spent six decades amassing folk art that captures a corner of American history
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