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Washington Burning is on sale May 6, 2008.

Les Standiford’s latest work, “Washington Burning” (Crown, May 2008) is the story of Pierre L’Enfant’s battle with Congress, the founding fathers, and the residents of Washington to keep a city true to itself and its nation in a time where nothing, not even a budding democracy, was certain. —CS

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Many thanks for warmly embracing the winter issue of American Heritage, the first offering from American Heritage Publishing Company—the proud, new publisher of American Heritage and Invention & Technology.

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On the Web: Editors’ Picks

Civil War cannonball kills Virginia relic collector

A Museum for Artifacts of the News Media’s Hunters and Gatherers

Conservative commentator William F. Buckley, Jr. dies at age 82

Fidel Castro resigns as Cuba's president


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 Staff Blog
Posted by Catherine Sumner at 07:00 AM  EST
February 15, 2008

It’s a standard field trip for all sixth graders in Louisiana- the Chalmette Battlefield. The only war waged there now...


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December 21, 2007

In Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where I find myself right now, we buy the much-prized if misnamed Coney Island hot dogs for lunch,...


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The PoolHappy Anniversary, Central Park!

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George Armstrong Custer, photographed during the Civil War.An American Heritage Q & A with Custer Historian James Donovan

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John AdamsFollowing in the Footsteps of John Adams

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Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney as John and Abigail AdamsHBO’s John Adams is an Intimate Character Study

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William F. Buckley, Jr. as a young man.Celebrating the wit of William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925–2008)

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton as an old woman.A Feminist's Introduction to Slavery

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Construction of the Shasta Dam in California, 1942.
Construction of the Shasta Dam in California, 1942.
 
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Today in History
May 9

1994: South Africa’s parliament names Nelson Mandela as the country’s first black president.

1945: Norway arrests Vidkun Quisling, the Norwegian fascist leader.

1926: Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett become the first men to fly over the North Pole.

1502: Christopher Columbus sets sail on his fourth and final trip, departing from Cadiz, Spain.

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Of the following, who do you feel most deserves to have his or her passport revoked?
Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks
Rev. Al Sharpton
Former President Jimmy Carter
Former Sec. of Def. Donald Rumsfeld
Other
None. They're all good Americans


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Quote of the Day
May 9

"You can't hold a man down without staying down with him."

Booker T. Washington, educator, author


     
 
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