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2004

Stories Published in this Year

An interview with the president and his wife in the Oval Office

In 1954, the merciless Joe McCarthy from Wisconsin was finally taken down.

Women’s history today is no longer a backwater; nor is the profession of history a male craft.

Like the nation it covers, American Heritage was revolutionary at its birth. And, like that nation’s story, ours is a real cliffhanger.

An early arrest proved no deterrent to a thug named Gotti.

Let there be incandescent light.

George Henry Sharpe’s Bureau of Military Information helped win the Civil War, and is especially worth remembering today.

One of his least-known contributions to modern life is also one of his most important.

Inventing the Presidency | October 2004 (Volume: 55, Issue: 5)

As America goes into its 55th presidential election, we should remember that there might have been only one if we hadn’t had the only original candidate on Earth who could do the job.

Why Do We Say That? | October 2004 (Volume: 55, Issue: 5)

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