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How Did the Nation Get Its Name? Other Suggestions Included the United Colonies, Columbia and the United States of Alleghania

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1214+ words) A Smithsonian magazine special report Greg Daugherty | History Correspondent When America’s founding fathers set out to create a new country independent from Great Britain, they had a lot of decisions to make. One was simply what to call their invention....

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Before Vegas Became Vegas, Hot Springs Was America's Sin City. Now the Arkansas Spa Town Embraces Its Colorful and Seedy History

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (576+ words) Travel | September/October 2026 A life-size statue of Al Capone greets downtown visitors, and you can stay in his hotel suite. The town where gangsters once vacationed with movie stars and athletes is still open for a getaway “The mayor, the…...

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Archaeologists in Denmark Discover Rare Fragments of 1,300-Year-Old Clothing Preserved Inside a Viking Age Grave

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (556+ words) Sonja Anderson | Daily Correspondent Archaeologists in Denmark have uncovered a rare find: a Viking Age grave containing clothing fragments that have survived for roughly 1,300 years. The burial is located near Varde, a historic market town in southwestern Jutland, at the…...

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smithsonianmag.com > history > when-american-airplane-crashed-into-school-1944-english-village-lost-almost-all-of-its-youngest-children-why-has-wwii-worst-civilian-aviation-accident-been-forgotten-180989341

When an American Airplane Crashed Into a School in 1944, an English Village Lost Almost All of Its Youngest Children. Why Has WWII's Worst Civilian Aviation Accident Been Forgotten?

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (771+ words) History | August 20, 2026 7:45 a.m. On August 23, 1944, a test flight over the village of Freckleton, located in northwest England, ended in disaster, claiming the lives of 61 people, including 38 students between the ages of 4 and 6 Meilan Solly | Senior Associate Digital Editor, History Jacky Nichol…...

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This Connecticut Teenager Spied on the British During the American Revolution, Succeeding Where Nathan Hale Failed

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (756+ words) A Smithsonian magazine special report Claire Bellerjeau and Tiffany Yecke Brooks But few Americans know that a second spy from Connecticut, David Maltbie, took on the same mission as Hale around the very same time, succeeding where his better-known counterpart…...