'Lion King' costumes headed to Smithsonian

Producers of "The Lion King" musical are donating two of the Broadway show's elaborate costume pieces to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

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Lincoln's top hat, suit on view at Smithsonian

More than 60 objects from President Abraham Lincoln's life are going on display at the National Museum of American History days before President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, which will echo themes from the 16th president.

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First ladies' gowns return to Smithsonian exhibit

Whatever Michelle Obama chooses to wear to the inaugural balls could soon have a special place for display — right next to a dress worn by Martha Washington in the 1780s that featured painted flowers, butterflies and other insects.

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Renovated American history museum reopens

George and Martha Washington, Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz" and other costumed characters greeted thousands of visitors Friday as the National Museum of American History reopened after a two-year, $85 million renovation.

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Bush reopens renovated American history museum

President George W. Bush urged all Americans Wednesday to come visit the newly renovated National Museum of American History, which he called a "fantastic place of learning."

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American History museum to reopen in November

A special new gallery for the flag that inspired the national anthem will debut in November when the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History reopens after a longer-than-expected renovation, the museum announced Wednesday.

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Smithsonian Museum to Reopen in November

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is scheduled to reopen in November. The museum has been closed since 2006 for major renovations.

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The last great archives of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency may soon be available to researchers and the public — 14 boxes of handwritten notes, gifts and correspondence, including a letter from Italian dictator Benito Mussolini congratulating him on his 1933 inauguration.

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The town of Boston was a very uneasy city throughout the 1760's. This uneasiness quickly turned to belligerence in the early part of 1770.

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That sort of strategizing is now being studied more formally at a few universities, and not just in M.B.A. programs.

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Four hundred years ago this month, Henry Hudson, looking for a sea route to Asia, sailed into what is now New York Harbor. His arrival is celebrated as the beginning of Dutch settlement in North America.

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The Prince Hall Memorial will not bear its namesake's image when it is erected on Cambridge Common this November. No pictures of the indentured servant-turned-abolitionist can be found, nor much description on which to base an artist's depiction.

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In 1981, touring in support of his album The River, Bruce Springsteen announced in Paris that he was reading a book that was having a profound effect on him: "I just started to read History of the United States and the thing about it is that I started to learn about how things …

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Happy Birthday, 19th Amendment

If you've ever doubted than a black man would be elected president of the U.S. before a white woman assumed that office, just look at the history of voting in America.

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History Publishing company has set January 2, 2010 as the publishing date for Custer Survivor which will bring to the reader, new insight into the battle at the Little Big Horn.

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Racism, Bigotry, and Obama: 'Nuf Said!

President Barack Obama's campaign and presidency have been overwhelmed with the issue of race.

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In next week's cover story, TIME magazine delves deep into the relationship between former President Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney -- in particular, their falling-out over the pardon of Scooter Libby in the Valerie Plame leak.

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POLL: Should 'In God We Trust' be on US money and public buildings?

This past June the US Congress ordered the words 'In God We Trust' to be engraved on the new Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC.

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Celebrating the American Dream: July 4, 2009

I am penning this epistle just thirty-six miles from Vicksburg, Mississippi, the site of one of the most important, if not the most important, battles of the Civil War. There on July 4, 1863, General John C. Pemberton surrendered Vicksburg to General Ulysses S. Grant.

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Thirty years ago, on July 15, 1979, President Jimmy Carter went on national television and gave a shocking speech. He looked straight at the American people and said: "Too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption.

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As school children we all learn of the significance of the Declaration of Independence.

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A very good book on American Politics.

I just finished reading a really good book on american political history.

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Photographs and Postcards of Lynching in America

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Who knows what else lies in libraries like this?

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Remember the Good Old Days?

Household income has gone down. Seven million more Americans do not have medical insurance. Another 3 million manufacturing jobs lost. The number of foreclosures doubled last year. Gas prices doubled. College costs are exploding. Health care costs are skyrocketing.

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To Democrats and Republicans....Is Anybody There? Does Anybody Care?

When I was in fifth grade, I had the honor of having one of the best teachers to have ever entered the profession. Her name was Mrs. Hower. It was 1970, when children were still expected to be seen and not heard in the classroom. But not in Mrs. Hower's classroom.

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Now that Black History Month has passed we see the African American experience, in all of its facets, is morphing into American History. President Barack Obama's election showed that African Americans are on same socioeconomic gentrification path as white immigrant people.

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To many modern readers, the Federalist Papers seem formal, musty, old, and a bit tired—a little like a national holiday that celebrates events long past but lacks any sense of struggle and excitement, or even a clear message.

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While WWII raged in 1944, 44 delegations met to create a world currency, bank, and trade organization. They fell short of that goal, but what will happen this time?

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Here, supposedly, is every known photo of Abraham Lincoln, all set to three songs in this seven-minute video:

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The Louisville Courier-Journal has a series honoring Black History Month this month. This was another tidbit of Kentucky history I did not know about. Brooks Field, the parade ground at Fort Knox, is named in this fallen hero's honor before the Civil Rights movement.

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Superman alone champions all people; no single region can claim him as its own. A single fact of the Superman myth makes this unifying representation possible: Superman is foreign.

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