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March 2023
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The last flight from Danang—a terrifying memoir of the final days of the Vietnam War . . . the latest in our American House Styles series looks at the Greek Revival . . . Henry Ford’s memorial to the America he and his world-shaking Model T changed forever . . . and, to further amplify gratitude in the Thanksgiving season, more.

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Stories published from "September/October 1990"

Authored by: Jane Preddy

For one exuberant decade John Eberson built “atmospheric theaters” that were part architectural history, part circus, and wholly enchanting to the audiences that sat beneath their starry ceilings

Authored by: Oliver E. Allen

For two hundred years the United States patent system has defined what is an invention and protected, enriched, and befuddled inventors. As a tool of corporate growth in a global economy, it is now more important than ever.

Authored by: The Editors

As industries expanded, the care and feeding of patents became a key element in corporate strategy.

To the end of his life America’s most infamous traitor believed he was the hero of the Revolution

Authored by: John Steele Gordon

For a century now it has been a haven to some, an outrage to others—and it is one of the very few social institutions that have survived their founders’ world

Authored by: Bernard A. Weisberger

The maker of a fine new documentary on the Civil War tells how the medium of film can evoke the emotional reality of history

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Famous writers including Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and the Alcotts turned Sleepy Hollow Cemetery into our country’s first conservation project.

Native American peoples and the lands they possessed loomed large for Washington, from his first trips westward as a surveyor to his years as President.

In his Second Inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln embodied leading in a time of polarization, political disagreement, and differing understandings of reality.

A hundred years ago, America was rocked by riots, repression, and racial violence.

During Pres. Washington’s first term, an epidemic killed one tenth of all the inhabitants of Philadelphia, then the capital of the young United States.

Now a popular state park, the unassuming geological feature along the Illinois River has served as the site of centuries of human habitation and discovery.  

The recent discovery of the hull of the battleship Nevada recalls her dramatic action at Pearl Harbor and ultimate revenge on D-Day as the first ship to fire on the Nazis.

Our research reveals that 19 artworks in the U.S. Capitol honor men who were Confederate officers or officials. What many of them said, and did, is truly despicable.

Here is probably the most wide-ranging look at Presidential misbehavior ever published in a magazine.

When Germany unleashed its blitzkreig in 1939, the U.S. Army was only the 17th largest in the world. FDR and Marshall had to build a fighting force able to take on the Nazis, against the wishes of many in Congress.

Roast pig, boiled rockfish, and apple pie were among the dishes George and Martha enjoyed during the holiday in 1797. Here are some actual recipes.

Born during Jim Crow, Belle da Costa Greene perfected the art of "passing" while working for one of the most powerful men in America.