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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. -
The Significance Of Veterans Day, From 3 Local World War II Vets
World War II veterans in Reading reflect on their years of military service. -
'It's Not Just Abstraction. It Happened.' An Atomic Bomb Survivor Shares Her Story
Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima, now spends her time advocating for the global elimination of nuclear weapons. -
Book Club: Tom Roston's 'The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World'
“The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World” is author Tom Roston’s revealing saga of the Twin Towers’ restaurant, Windows on the World, and our November selection for "Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club."
