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David McCullough explains why he thinks that history is the most challenging, exhilarating, and immediate of subjects.

William Jefferson Clinton, Andrew Johnson, and the judgment of history

World War II is so difficult to get right on the screen. Here are some of the movies that do it best.

One woman’s journey into her family’s past uncovers a story that affects every American.

A Jefferson descendant's thoughts on luck, ancestry, and the meaning of the DNA findings

Genealogy is vastly different today from just a generation ago. Here’s what the changes mean to you.