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JFK Letter Promising Santa Safe During Cold War On Display
“Please stop the Russians from bombing the North Pole,” an 8-year-old girl wrote at the time. "Because they will kill Santa Claus.” -
Deep Black Roots On A Small Grey Island
The history of Nantucket’s centuries-old black community is highlighted in a 200-year-old meeting house. -
President Clinton Was Impeached 21 Years Ago. Some Parallels Run Deep
From the politics to the presidents' counternarratives, there are a number of similarities between the events of December 1998 and the proceedings underway now against President Trump. -
500 Years After Leonardo Da Vinci's Death, France Celebrates His Life And Work
A new exhibition at the Louvre includes Leonardo's sketches, drawings and 11 paintings. "You can really get into his brain and try to see how he thought," says biographer Serge Bramly. -
Reframing The Story Of The First Encounter Between Native Americans And The Pilgrims
How one museum in Provincetown is attempting to more accurately tell the story. -
Why We Celebrate Thanksgiving On The 4th Thursday Of November
There is an explanation, but you have to go back to things decreed by Presidents Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt (FDR, that is). -
11 Years Later, An FBI Agent Recalls Responding To The Mumbai Terror Attacks
Special Agent Steven Merrill was on the ground in Mumbai. -
Remembering Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation
Looking at the relevance of former President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving proclamation today. -
Fractured Into Factions? What The Founders Feared About Impeachment
The Founding Fathers saw impeachment as a release valve from another "crisis of a national revolution." But they also worried it would devolve into partisan bickering if put into action. -
Remembering The 1st Veterans Memorialized By Veterans Day
Many Americans may have forgotten that Veterans Day began as a commemoration of World War I veterans. NPR's Kathleen Rushlow remembers her grandfather, who served in the 12th Machine Gun Battalion.
