More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...

On Monday, April 1, Prof. Christoph Strobel will give a talk on Native American history for the Medieval & Renaissance Studies program: "The Indigenous Old World: An Exploration of Ancient and ...

Photograph by Mitchell Studios. Gift of W. Allen Taylor, son of "Walkin' Talkin' Bill Hawkins," The First Black Disc Jockey of Cleveland, Ohio Celebrate Black History Month with Smithsonian events, ...

To explain the remarkable diversity of life histories among species we must understand how evolution shapes organisms to optimize their reproductive success. The principal aim of life history ...

The Smithsonian Institution was established with funds from James Smithson (1765–1829), a British scientist who left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the ...

Surnames can reveal much about your family history, but they can also be a minefield of misinformation. By Paul Blake. Twenty members of the public describe what spurred them on to discover more ...

One beaver seems to be on a mission to build more than dams. Buc-ee's marked a milestone in its expansion when it opened its first store west of Texas in Johnstown, Colorado in March. The opening ...

O. Winston Link was a pioneering American commercial photographer. Best known for his images of steam locomotives, Link is responsible for developing the equipment and techniques that allowed for some ...

IEEE, an organization dedicated to advancing innovation and technological excellence for the benefit of humanity, is the world's largest technical professional society. It is designed to serve ...

Smith College began more than 140 years ago in the mind and conscience of a New England woman. The money used to buy the first land (which was on what had been the ancestral homelands of the Nonotuck ...

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In 2011, weekends on C‑SPAN3 became American History TV to offer historical lectures, oral histories and special history series. Today, both continue each weekend on C‑SPAN2. C‑SPAN also ...