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April 1959

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April 1959

Last Updated 03:00 PM EST November 20, 2008

Did Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson Love Each Other?

The author, Prof. Annette Gordon Reed

The staff of American Heritage Magazine would like to congratulate recent contributor, Professor Annette Gordon-Reed, on her receipt of the 2008 National Book Award for nonfiction.

Florida’s 61 Must-See Historical Sites

The lure of white sand beaches, citrus groves, and the glitter of Disney World and Miami, has often diverted the spotlight from Florida’s rich historical heritage.

Arts, Humanities Medals Awarded: Bush Awardees Include Stan Lee, Olivia de Havilland

The Transformation of Levittown

Nurse in Times Square war photo reunites with Navy

Hunting Deer Frontier Style

Voter turnout through history

President-Elect Obama wins historic election

Lot Could be Confederate Graveyard

Remembering the Great Depression

The Truth about Brigham Young
Posted by American Heritage Staff at 07:00 AM EST
September 29, 2008

Before too many readers get seduced by Mr. Rammell's outrage over the purported sliming of Brigham Young and our ancestors (yes,...

Re: The Awful March of the Saints
Posted by American Heritage Staff at 07:00 AM EST
September 18, 2008

I am disappointed that American Heritage has published such an undocumented, prejudicial and inaccurate account of a tragic...

Ancient Ruins in the Canyon de Chelle, N.M., by Timothy H. O’Sullivan, 1873.

Ancient Ruins in the Canyon de Chelle, N.M., by Timothy H. O’Sullivan, 1873.

November 20

1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis ends, as President John F. Kennedy lifts the naval quarantine around Cuba.

1945: The Nuremberg Trials begin.

1888: The time clock is patented by W. L. Bundy, in New York.

1789: New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

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November 19

Give the people a new word and they think they have a new fact.

—Willa Cather, American author

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