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2006

Stories Published in this Year

Reading America’s Most Famous Speech

How Mount Vernon rebuilt the first president

The Buyable Past | November/December 2006 (Volume: 57, Issue: 6)

George Nelson Clocks

Reginald Fessenden made the first radio broadcast in 1906, employing principles still in use today.

Lionel Trains | November/December 2006 (Volume: 57, Issue: 6)

For generations, the name was as closely associated with Christmas as Santa Claus.

A roster of the company’s most desirable products

David Fertig wonderfully captures a bygone age of naval warfare.

What one game of cards tells us about two famous statesmen

What happened when an anti-Vietnam War activist met his new client - Lyndon Johnson

How the U. S. military reinvented itself after the Vietnam disaster

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