My Brush With History (November 2000, Volume 51, Issue 7) n:60370

January 2025

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With the President’s Body Cat and Mouse Holding the Baby

Stories published from "November 2000"

Authored by: Ellen Feldman

It has been with us since Plymouth Colony. But that’s not why it’s an American institution.

Authored by: The Editors

The Ten Most Scandalous Divorces in American History

How the discovery of a long-forgotten trunk inspired an artist to spend years recording the quiet remnants of a wrenching military career.

A major new installation at the Smithsonian Institution explores the nation’s biggest and most important job

OVER THE PAST HALF-CENTURY, POLLING HAS REMADE THE ELECTORAL PROCESS. IS IT HELPING DO THE WORK OF DEMOCRACY MORE EFFECTIVELY—OR ERODING IT?

Authored by: Robert Moskin

Fifty years ago in the frozen mountains of Korea, the Marines endured a campaign as grueling and heroic as any in history

Sweet Are the Uses of Adversity

The Rhinelander Trial

The Nashville Convention

The Wedding of the Waters