Features
Oh Say Can You See?
The War of 1812 was a military and economic disaster for our young nation. But it also gave birth to American patriotism
by Nicole Eustace
Into the Fire
America’s favorite humorist braves the fury of Hawaii’s Mount Kilauea and lives to tell about it
by Mark Twain
Wilson at War, Wilson in Love
When U-boats sank the luxury liner Lusitania, Woodrow Wilson was preoccupied with romance
by H.W. Brands
House of Fatherly Dreams
The Cambridge, Mass., home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow nurtured his poetic talents and harbored his greatest tragedy
by Stephen Harrigan
The Great Divide
Civil War–era art captures the horror—and the beauty—of those uncertain times
by Claudia Glenn Dowling
First Slaves, First Hope
The promise of freedom was all too fleeting for the Africans who landed at Jamestown
by David Nicholson
Departments
Gazette
Smoking gun reveals why Reb sub H.L. Hunley sank; ruckus raised over Jewish Plymouth Rock; ancient chocoholic stash unearthed; and more
The Big Picture
Packing heat: Guns in America
The First
Solar-powered business
We’ve Been Here Before
Congressional deadlock and the ill-fated Compromise of 1850
Details
Paul Revere teapot
Encounter
Branch Rickey hurls insults at Jackie Robinson
Letter From American History
Living history
Reviews
38 Nooses: the largest officially sanctioned execution in U.S. history; Saving Lincoln: an indie film gem; How to Fake a Moon Landing; historic sites and museums to visit along the Erie Canal; and more
From America’s Attic
Nixon’s palace guard
