Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story Exhibition at Heinz Galleries, Carnegie Museum of Art, […]
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American History Book Review: Life Upon These Shores
Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African American History, 1513-2008 By Henry Louis Gates […]
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Run, River, Run
John Wesley Powell lost his right arm at Shiloh in the Civil War, but […]
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History of Ivory
In a simpler time, Americans couldn’t imagine the consequences of using elephant tusks from […]
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Time Travel in Photography
All aboard the anachronism express! The photographs on these pages may look as if […]
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How the International Shock of the Titanic’s Sinking ‘was a prototype for 9/11’
The Titanic was a summation of technological progress—with its twin, the Olympic, a stunning promise of greater things to come.
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Interview: John M. Barry / scholar and writer
John M. Barry dropped out of graduate school in history to become a football […]
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Encounter: Churchill and Stalin Charm Truman
“I am getting ready see Stalin and Churchill,” Harry Truman wrote in a to […]
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The First Cherry Trees in Washington
For 100 years, District of Columbia residents have reveled in a glorious rite of […]
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We’ve Been Here Before: What Occupy Wall Street Can Learn From William Jennings Bryan
We think of William Jennings Bryan as the creationist blow- hard outwitted by Clarence […]