January 26, 2012 Art of the New Deal Goes Cross-Country For the second consecutive year the Smithsonian American Art Museum will be offering Americans across the country the opportunity to experience firsth...

January 23, 2012 All Aboard! Take a Trip Back in Time What could be more fun than a day filled with dirt, grit, and the smell of burning coal, all taken on while listening to the clacking of wheels, scree...

January 12, 2012 Take a Hike Though Arizona History   "Taking a walk through history" might sound a little cliché, but in Arizona's Cochise County that's exactly w...

January 09, 2012 Not the Way Grandpa Learned History... It's seems nearly every day a new app, widget, device or platform is offering a better way to communicate and understand the world around us. While ke...

January 04, 2012 Civil War transformed D.C. into a real 'Capital City' Until April 1861, Washington, D.C., reveled in its role as a relatively sleepy Southern city. Then came the Civil War. Running now through Jan. 1...

January 03, 2012 This Week in History From the launching of a little known ship with a hopeless mission to an infamous attack caught on video that stunned the world, some of the most impor...

December 29, 2011 Dance in the New Year Before there was Ryan Seacrest, even before there was Dick Clark, there was Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians Orchestra filling dance halls and liv...

December 27, 2011 This Week in History From the banning of Christmas to the sinking of one of the nation's most famous warships, some of the most important events from this week in history:...

December 22, 2011 Only Three Days Left? No Sweat. Christmas is only three days away, and if you're organized you're all done with your holiday shopping; but if (like us) you're scrambling for last min...

December 20, 2011 This Week in History From the beginning of the winter that turned the tides of the Revolutionary War to the creation of one of history's most remarkable Christmas songs, s...

December 19, 2011 Online game puts players onboard the USS Constitution Adventure on the high seas has always held an attraction to land-lubbers. Here's a chance to try out a sailor's life—virtually. "A Sailor's...

December 13, 2011 This Week in History From the birth of a crooning legend to one of the bloodiest engagements of the Civil War, some of the most important events from this week in history:...

December 08, 2011 To Be Forgotten Is the Worst Nearly 4 million veterans of every American conflict from the Revolutionary War to Afghanistan are buried in national cemeteries around the country&md...

November 09, 2011 This Week in History From the political ascendency of an American hero to the death of one of the Old West's most notorious gunfighters, some of the most important events ...

November 07, 2011 Take a Trip Back in Time The Fort Vancouver National Home in Washington state will once again be the site of one of the largest Department of Veteran Affairs-sanctioned parade...

November 03, 2011 Fort Vancouver Celebrates Civil War Anniversary The Fort Vancouver National Home in Washington state will once again be the site of one of the largest Department of Veteran Affairs-sanctioned parade...

November 01, 2011 This Week in History From a historic election triumph to a monumental verdict, some of the most important events from this week in history: ...

October 31, 2011 Pass the candy — and learn the history of Halloween Straddling the line between fall and winter, plenty and scarcity, life and death, Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. It is thought t...

October 25, 2011 This Week in History From a bout for the ages to the beginning of Prohibition, some of the most important events from this week in history: ...

October 21, 2011 A Halloween Horror Sweepstakes Witches and ghouls. Vampires, werewolves, and zombies. From the beginning of time humans have been fascinated by the unknown, and each generation has ...

October 18, 2011 This Week in History From a stunning presidential announcement to the birth of America's most legendary law-enforcement unit, some of the most important events from this w...

October 17, 2011 Images and Voices of the Original Yankee Stadium It's called "The House That Ruth Built," but in reality it was built by many, many more: Gehrig and DiMaggio; Maris and Mantle; Munson, Berra, Jackson...

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