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The Ten Best History Books of 2025

Our favorite titles of the year resurrect overlooked histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today ...
The bucolic river is famous for reversing its current a few times each day. Now, an ongoing cleanup effort is reversing ...
Told over six installments, "The American Revolution" is an expansive look at the virtues and contradictions of the war and ...
The exhibit celebrates more than 200 years of American culinary history, using cookbooks as a lens to explore social ...
Among the flurry of executive orders that Donald Trump issued on the first day of his return to office was a peculiar one: to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Claiming to ...
We all learned the story of Thanksgiving as kids. We were taught that the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620 and were ...
A series of musical animations, chronicling diverse experiences of how race has helped shape American culture. These shorts provide insight into the unique lived experiences of historical figures who ...
A beloved Christmas tree tradition is returning to Manhattan this holiday season. The Origami Holiday Tree at the American ...