Artifact preservation is vital to the historical record. The process is more complex and intensive than many realize.
Abraham Lincoln's defendant seemed guilty of murder, but Lincoln had a trick up his sleeve.
When a small group of bus drivers went on strike in Chicago, it was not just a strike against the city. It was a strike against the drivers' own union.
The Civil War was, by definition, a national event but the world was watching.
How did Andrew Jackson Smith distinguish himself during the Battle of Honey Hill on November 30, 1864?
What was John Wilkes Booth like before he became a killer?