2011

A New York Public Library program asks the public to help transcribe 10,000 historic menus

America's oldest recorded music goes online at a new Library of Congress website

A Lincoln-commissioned naval hospital opens its
doors in its newest reincarnation as a vibrant cultural community
center

Thomas Jefferson took his scissors to the Bible in search of truth

A new look at a famous Revolutionary figure questions whether history’s long-standing judgment is accurate

Restoration experts make a startling discovery that an 1848 daguerreotype hides a wealth of insight into life in a pre-war riverside town

The business of forging George Washington’s signature and correspondence to sell to unwitting buyers goes back 150 years

American artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens finds inspiration in France to create one of America’s most iconic sculptures, a memorial to Civil War hero Adm. David Farragut

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Tribute to Frank Buckles, the last American World-War-I veteran