CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection consists of two diaries kept by Lieutenant Zenos Ramsey Miller (1895--1922) as a pilot in the 27th Aero Squadron of the US Army ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Herbert Mercer served with the United Kingdom's Royal Flying Corps (Royal Air Force) from 1916 until 1945, and was stationed in Baghdad, Iraq, in ...

The invention of the balloon struck the men and women of the late 18th century like a thunderbolt. Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, ...

We have it in our power to begin the world over again,” Thomas Paine proclaimed in the pamphlet “Common Sense,” his argument ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Millard Sheets lent material for microfilming in 1965. Mary B. Sheets, Millard's widow, donated the papers to the Archives of American Art in 1992 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This donation consists of memorabilia, mostly from 1943, from the following American and Canadian airlines: American Airlines; Canadian Pacific ...

Turtles have been around for 200 million years—outliving dinosaurs, surviving ice ages, and basically minding their own ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. As early as 1974, managers within the Smithsonian had wondered what to do after the Bicentennial Festival - return to the pattern of smaller ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The 1969 Festival took place July 1-6 on the National Mall, between Madison Drive and Jefferson Drive and between 10th Street and 14th Street, ...

A Good Day’s Work” repositions Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses (1860–1961) as a multidimensional force in American art, ...

In 2026, the United States of America turns 250 years old. We are tasked with not only celebrating this historic event but also making it a time of reflection. It reminds us of the ideals the nation ...