This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. At the time of the Civil War, camera shutters were too slow to record movement sharply. Celebrated photographers such as ...

A ceramic jug found in Germantown, PA turns out to be an example of a significant 19th century protective relic and piece of art — a face jug — created by African American slaves and freedmen ...

a brazen billion-dollar art theft; a gutsy woman who tricked the Nazis into releasing thousands of Polish prisoners; the ominous day-by-day countdown to the opening shots of the Civil War ...

Earlier:Pre-Civil War farmhouse repurposed into art space in Brandywine Hundred For us, Do More 24 Delaware is a critical opportunity to support our mission. The funds we raised allowed us to ...

Thanks to its comprehensive collection of Confederate artifacts, weapons and art, this museum is a required stop for Civil War buffs. American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar The Historic ...

Earlier:Pre-Civil War farmhouse repurposed into art space in Brandywine Hundred For us, Do More 24 Delaware is a critical opportunity to support our mission. The funds we raised allowed us to complete ...