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 community center.

Thomas Jefferson took his scissors to the Bible in search of a higher 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 the Civil War hero Admiral David Farragut.

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