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![Lincoln at the Smithsonian](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/exhibitions/images/100_60_lincoln.jpg) |
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Learn about artifacts, exhibitions, and educational resources available at the Smithsonian |
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![¡Azúcar! The Life and Music of Celia Cruz](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/images/exp_learn_nmah_cruz.jpg) |
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Celia Cruz was the undisputed Queen of Latin Music in her native
Cuba, in the United States, and around the world |
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![A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/images/exp_learn_perfect.jpg) |
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The experiences of Japanese Americans during WWII and citizen
action under the U.S. Constitution |
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![African Voices](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/images/exp_learn_african.jpg) |
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Examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of Africa’s
peoples and cultures over time |
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![America on the Move](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/images/exp_learn_hist_aotm.jpg) |
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Journey though the history of the United States to learn how
transportation changed American lives and landscapes |
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![Binding the Nation](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/images/100_60_npm-binding.jpg) |
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The early history of mail service from pre-Revolutionary America
through the end of the 19th century |
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![Black Wings: African American Pioneer Aviators](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/images/100_60-blackwings.jpg) |
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Tells the story of how one group of Americans overcame enormous
obstacles to break into aviation |
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![George Washington: A National Treasure](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/images/100_60_gwashington.jpg) |
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An in-depth look at the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait |
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![Hall of Presidents](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/images/100_60_presidents.jpg) |
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Evoking the history of the nation's highest office and the individuals
who have occupied it |
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![History Wired: A Few of Our Favorite Things](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/images/exp_learn_hist_wired.jpg) |
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An innovative virtual tour of objects from the vast collections
of the National Museum of American History |
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![Mr. President: Profiles of Our Nation's Leaders](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/images/exp_learn_edu_presidents.jpg) |
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Learn about the men who have held America's highest office |
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![Sports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/images/exp_learn_nmah_sports.jpg) |
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On and off the playing field, these athletes broke records and
barriers for us all |
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![The Invention of the Electric Guitar](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/images/100_60_lemelson-guitar.jpg) |
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Tells the story of how innovative makers and players created a new sound that profoundly changed popular music |
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![Paint by Number](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/images/100_60_nmah-paintnumber.jpg) |
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Revisit a 20th-century American pastime from the vantage point of the artists and entrepreneurs who created the kits, the critics who reviled them, and the consumers who happily painted away |
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![Lakota Winter Counts](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/images/exp_learn_nmnh_lakota.jpg) |
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Pictographic calendars created by Lakota Indians to record memorable
historical events |
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![Jamestown, Québec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/images/100_60_jamestown.jpg) |
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Tells the story of dramatic twists of fate, strategic alliances,
and violent conflict between mighty European empires and the
Native people living in North America
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![Separate is Not Equal: Brown vs. Board of Education](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/images/exp_learn_nmah_brownvboard.jpg) |
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This exhibition marks the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court
decision that helped to end public school segregation |
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![September 11: Bearing Witness to History](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/images/exp_learn_sept11.jpg) |
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Features a database of the collection, plus information about
the traveling exhibition and access to the Digital Archive |
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![The Price of Freedom: Americans at War](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/images/exp_learn_nmah_pof.jpg) |
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Surveys the history of America's military from the French and
Indian Wars to the present conflict in Iraq |
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![Vote: The Machinery of Democracy](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/images/exp_learn_nmah_vote.jpg) |
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Ballots and voting systems have evolved over the years, transforming
the ways in which Americans vote |
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![Westpoint in the Making of America, 1802-1918](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305045011im_/http://www.si.edu/images/exp_learn_hist_westpoint.jpg) |
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Marking the bicentennial of the U.S. Military Academy at West
Point, the history of the institution and its graduates |
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