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Future Plans
Working America
Rare Lincoln Portrait Unveiled
Archaeology at Jamestown
Spero Takes the Helm at the Washington Presidential Library
What is It? • What was the purpose of this unusual tool?
Against the Odds
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Picture Perfect
ABT Marks Milestone Preservation Victory
Outside the Box
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The Dark Side of the White Knight
Number Two
What Does Home Mean? • Historic furnishings and objects explore the country’s diverse living experiences
Edwin Drake’s Well
Connecting Routes
Lincoln in His Own Words • The 16th president’s pre-Civil War musings about ‘negro equality’
‘They Thought Alike’
Going Electric • After 70 years of steam and smoke, American rail began to plug in
Color on Canvas • Racial Diversity in the Art of William Sidney Mount (1807-1868)
The 48ers • When European monarchs crushed rebellions in the mid-1800s, America benefited
A Baker’s Dozen of 48ers
Canal Fever
Guiteau Just Wanted Love
Home Port Battleship