A famously bitter election 180 years ago illuminates much of the present race and the persistence of the mythology of the backwoods Westerner riding in to smite the elitists. Obama better watch how...
Improvising amid the crowds, a visitor finds the real satisfaction of the Inauguration was meeting a diverse set of people who turned it into a local festival.
Asahel Curtis shot thousands of images in the early 20th century. Knute Berger talks about the effort to share them with the public for the first time.