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The Constitution is more than a legal code. It is also a framework for union and solidarity.

An exhibit of treasures from the largest private collection of political memorabilia recently opened on Long Island.

Sixty-five years after the revolution, socialist regulations and the continuing embargo have brought on economic collapse and decaying cities.

Growing up in segregated Texas, I didn’t think much about race. Then, I covered the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.

Classic Essays from Our Archives

Searching for “Shenandoah” | Winter 2022, Vol 67, No 1

By Bruce Watson

It's one of the oldest folk ballads in our national songbook, but where did it come from? The answer is complex, multi-layered, American.

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The Meaning of 1918 | Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue, Vol 63, No 3

By John Lukacs

A century after the guns fell silent along the Western Front, the work they did there remains of incalculable importance to the age we inhabit and the people we are.

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Columbus and Genocide | October 1975, Vol 26, No 6

By Edward T. Stone

The discoverer of the New World was responsible for the annihilation of the peaceful Arawak Indians

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Who Invented Scalping? | April 1977, Vol 28, No 3

By James Axtell

In recent years many voices—both Native-American and white—have questioned whether Indians did in fact invent scalping. What is the evidence?

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Did Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson Love Each Other? | Fall 2008, Vol 58, No 5

By Annette Gordon-Reed

To call it loaded question does not begin to do justice to the matter, given America’s tortured racial history and its haunting legacy.

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A Few Parchment Pages Two Hundred Years Later | May/June 1987, Vol 38, No 4

By Richard B. Morris

The framers of the Constitution were proud of what they had done but might be astonished that their words still carry so much weight. A distinguished scholar tells us how the great charter has survived and flourished.

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    Today in History

  • British victorious at the Battle of Germantown

    British and Hessian soldiers commanded by General William Howe defeat the Continental Army led by General George Washington at the Battle of Germantown. The battle, fought 5 miles outside of Philadelphia, the American capital, reinforced British control of the city.

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  • Rutherford B. Hayes

    19th President Rutherford B. Hayes is born in Delaware, Ohio. Prior to being elected in 1876, Hayes fought in the Civil War, represented Ohio in the House of Representatives, and served two stints as Governor of Ohio.

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  • First U. S. Open

    Newport Country Club hosts the first United States Open Championship, administered by the United States Golf Association, in Newport, Rhode Island.

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