American History
Abraham Lincoln's Oft-Overlooked Campaign to Promote Immigration to the U.S.
A few weeks after the president delivered the Gettysburg Address, he called on Congress to welcome immigrants as a "source of national wealth and strength"
This Peaceful Nature Sanctuary in Washington, D.C. Sits on the Ruins of a Plantation
Before Theodore Roosevelt Island was transformed into a tribute to the nation's "conservation president," a prominent Virginia family relied on enslaved laborers to build and tend to its summer home there
See Long-Lost Artifacts From Early Black Cinema
Now open in Detroit, "Regeneration: Black Cinema, 1898–1971" showcases nearly 200 rare props, posters, photographs and more
Who Stole—and Burned—This Jackie Robinson Statue?
Donations poured in to help replace the bronze statue, which a youth baseball nonprofit unveiled in 2021
Newly Discovered Papers From President McKinley's Assassination Are for Sale
The archive belonged to Herman Matzinger, who performed the autopsy on the 25th president and conducted a bacteriological analysis to rule out the possibility of poison-tipped bullets
Thief Who Stole Dorothy's Ruby Slippers Avoids Prison
Terry Martin has been sentenced to one year of supervised release for swiping the iconic "Wizard of Oz" shoes from the Judy Garland Museum in 2005
Have Researchers Found Amelia Earhart's Long-Lost Plane?
A new sonar image shows an airplane-shaped object resting on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, not far from where Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, went missing in 1937
The Real History Behind 'Masters of the Air' and the 100th Bomb Group
The long-awaited follow-up to "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific" centers on an American aerial group nicknamed the "Bloody Hundredth"
Field Museum Covers Native American Displays to Comply With New Regulations
The federal rules require museums to obtain consent from tribal leaders before displaying or researching cultural heritage items
The Most Anticipated Museum Openings of 2024
Scheduled to launch this year are new institutions dedicated to astronomy, Nintendo and women artists
As Empires Clashed During World War I, a Global Media Industry Brought the Conflict's Horrors to the Public
An exhibition at LACMA traces the roots of modern media to the Great War, when propaganda mobilized the masses, and questions whether the brutal truths of the battlefield can ever really be communicated
A Brief History of the United States' Accents and Dialects
Migration patterns, cultural ties, geographic regions and class differences all shape speaking patterns
What Newly Digitized Records Reveal About the Tuskegee Syphilis Study
The archival trove chronicles the extreme measures administrators took to ensure Black sharecroppers did not receive treatment for the venereal disease
Officials Reverse Plans to Remove William Penn Statue From a Philadelphia Park
The National Park Service had proposed replacing the statue with public resources showcasing the city's Native American history
This Instagram-Famous Abandoned Boat May Soon Disappear From California Shoreline
The already-dilapidated S.S. Point Reyes suffered more damage during the recent storms that pummeled the coast
Lily Gladstone Makes Golden Globes History as First Indigenous Best Actress Winner
The "Killers of the Flower Moon" star accepted the award by speaking in the Blackfeet language
'Unsolvable' Code Hidden in Antique Dress Pocket Is Finally Cracked
Short, handwritten lines of unrelated words contained coded weather reports to send via telegraph in the late 19th century
The American Soldier Whose Fear of Fighting in Vietnam Led Him to Defect to North Korea. He Stayed There for 40 Years
During his time in the repressive country, Charles Robert Jenkins married a Japanese abductee, taught English at a school and appeared in propaganda films
Mickey Mouse and Many Other Beloved Creations, Including Peter Pan and 'Mack the Knife,' Are Now in the Public Domain
Almost a century after the cartoon mouse made his first appearance, he finally belongs to everyone—sort of
Why the Language We Use to Describe Japanese American Incarceration During World War II Matters
A descendant of concentration camp survivors argues that using the right vocabulary can help clarify the stakes when confronting wartime trauma
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