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Region Archives:Americas

ruins of foundation in St. Thomas, Nevada

Hoover Dam Damned This Nevada Ghost Town

by Engrid Barnett12/8/202311/2/2023
Patriotic envelopes with pro-Union messages

Civil War–Era Envelopes Bore Patriotic Messages—On the Outside

by Gary W. Gallagher12/7/20234/29/2024
Photo of tourists watching Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park.

Yellowstone, a Crown Jewel of Nature

by Carl Zebrowski12/5/202312/5/2023
Painting of Aerial view of Fort McHenry, c1814: Artist's conception of the dawn bombardment of Fort McHenry on September 13, 1814 by the British Navy under the command of Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane.

Bombs Burst in Air Over This Famed War of 1812 Fort

by William John Shepherd12/1/202311/2/2023
Spanish harquebus laid over map of North America

This Primitive Rifle Won the Southwest for Spain

by Louis A. Garavaglia12/1/202312/1/2023

The Complicated Vietnam War Legacy of Henry Kissinger

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher and Larry Porges11/30/202312/6/2023
Photo of Chuck Mawhinney beside a pack mule.

Telling A Sniper’s Story

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher11/29/202311/29/2023
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The Balloon Pilots Who Went Boldly Where Only Animals Had Gone Before

by David W. Temple11/29/202311/29/2023
This cartoon pokes fun at Martin Van Buren’s inability to build a Free Soil Party coalition during the 1848 presidential run.

Leap Back on the Political Merry-Go-Round

by Richard Brookhiser11/28/20233/31/2024
Big Chair, Thomasville, N.C.

This North Carolina Factory Town Kept Busy Supplying Boots to the Confederate Army

by Melissa A. Winn11/27/202311/20/2023

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