Virginia Tech project finds forgotten Army surveys that reveal World War II lingo and harsh views on race, sex, and combat.
Robert Todd Lincoln was present or nearby for the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield and William McKinley.
A Civil War soldier’s 157-year-old identification tag is donated to a museum in Maryland.
Margaret Gorman, Miss Washington, D.C., was named the winner—but Miss New York claimed she was robbed.
Long before Kamala Harris complained of "ridiculous" media coverage, Thomas Marshall begged for any attention at all.
Audiences were discomfited by the musical's portrayals of gang violence and juvenile delinquency and its depictions of Puerto Ricans when it debuted on Broadway.
The Tri-State Tornado of 1925 tore through a region similar to the one hit by tornadoes this weekend.
The mandate, passed after physician Benjamin Waterhouse demonstrated the efficacy of the smallpox vaccine, kicked off 200 years of legal battles.
The Smithsonian gave credit to its director, Samuel Pierpont Langley, whose plane crashed into the Potomac River shortly after takeoff. The Wrights were not pleased.
