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Civil War Studies Adult Learning Center
General U.S. Military History
American History Museum Miliary Collections American History Museum
The Museum's superb military collections document the history of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States
 
Facts about the United States Flag
Firearms Reading List
The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
West Point in the Making of America, 1802-1918
Star-Spangled Banner and the War of 1812
Star-Spangled Banner History and Conservation
Revolutionary War
The Age of Revolution
19th Century Lithographs from the "America on Stone" Collection of Harry T. Peters: Revolutionary War
Civil War
CivilWar@Smithsonian
Civil War Reading List
"Winchester," General Sheridan's War Horse
19th Century Lithographs from the "America on Stone" Collection of Harry T. Peters: Civil War
Mathew Brady's Civil War Period Portraits
World War I
Great War in the Air, World War I
Cher Ami, World War I Carrier Pigeon
World War II
World War II Aviation
July 1942: United We Stand
WWII Photographic Perspectives
The Enola Gay
A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
The experiences of Japanese Americans during WWII; decision-making and citizen action under the U.S. Constitution
That's Why We're Marching: World War II and
The American Folk Song Movement
Produce for Victory, Posters on the American Home Front (1941-45)
Stephen Douglas World War II Envelopes, 1943-1945
exhibit link Victory Mail
This exhibition showcases V-mail, a system developed during WWII to improve morale among soldier overseas and their families
 
Cold War
Space Race
Fast Attacks and Boomers: Submarines in the Cold War
Vietnam War
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Personal Legacy, The Healing of a Nation
Military Aviation
exhibit link Great War in the Air, World War I
Features the emergence of air power in World War I plus the power of legend and public perception in history
World War II Aviation
Army Green to Air Force Blue, The First Years of the Independent Air Force
Sea-Air Operations
Black Wings: African American Pioneer Aviators
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