Explore films, interviews, articles, image galleries and more for an in-depth look at notable female figures in American ...

See “In Pursuit of Life, Liberty & Happiness” before it closes at the end of the year, catch a John Sayles film talk, or a ...

As debates over history and education intensify, the Smithsonian institution stands as an essential sanctuary for truth, ...

In 1939, more than 120 years after the first photograph ever was taken, Robert Cornelius set up a camera in the back of his family’s store and took what is believed to be the very first photographic ...

They came from near and far: Native American chiefs and representatives of various tribes bearing gifts for a historic meeting. Their destination was Fort Niagara in New York, where dozens of Nations ...

The coming weeks will bring a series of patriotic and military-related events to Cleburne, including celebrations of the ...

"The Siege of Yorktown" by Louis-Nicolas Van Blarenberghe, 1786. Courtesy of the Hon. Nicholas F. Taubman. If you think the American Revolution was an isolated conflict between Great Britain and the ...