Designing New Ways to Tell America’s Story
New Smithsonian museum director see her task as making democracy relevant
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Colonial Cryptographers Helped Patriots Win the Revolution
After a slow start, Washington's spymasters used mathematics, chemistry, and sneakiness to turn the tide against the British
Globetrotting Botanist Introduced America to Plum Plant Specimens
Frank Meyer combed Asia for unknown fruits and crops that proved valuable to U.S. agriculture
The Battle of Orange Court House: Mounted Mayhem in the Streets
Much-maligned Yankee cavalry finally got the best of its Confederate rivals
In Teapot Dome Case, Supreme Court Cemented Congressional Power to Investigate
Case has been repeatedly cited this year in commentary about House probe of Trump administration
Field Notes: New Home for Dallas Robert E. Lee Statue
News From the Civil War Community
Audiobook Review: When the Irish Invaded Canada by Christopher Klein
Christopher Klein recounts how Civil War veterans blustered themselves into believing that kidnapping Canada would impel Britain to free Ireland
Powerful Men Have Committed Carnal Crimes
Even in Puritan Boston, a wealthy man got away with victimizing a young woman
The Superhighways of the Industrial Revolution Were Canals
Bad roads and mountains made ditches and locks the most modern mode of transportation—for a while
How Navy Hero Dorie Miller’s Bravery Helped Fight Discrimination in the U.S. Military
Dorie Miller, the first American hero of World War II, helped clear the way for others by doing what he was not allowed to do
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: The Nautical Beginnings of America’s War on Drugs
American agents battled opium smugglers cramming contraband into steamers headed for San Francisco Bay
When Female Fliers Proved They Were More Than Powder Puffs
In the 1929, the All Women's Air Derby contestants braved breakdowns, bad maps, and desert crashes
Civil War Scholar on the Art of Merging Museums
CEO of newly redesigned American Civil War Museum talks about creating a diverse narrative of an American crisis
How Settler Abbie Gardner Survived a Massacre and Kidnapping
Taken hostage by an angry, starving Sioux tribe who slaughtered her family, Abbie Gardner stayed alive, and later made a career of telling her story of survival
