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Why and When Did Americans Begin to Dress so Casually? : What It Means to Be American
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National Museum of American History on Twitter. National Museum of American History on Facebook. Why and When Did Americans Begin to Dress so Casually? Hint: It's All About Freedom. August 7, 2015. Americans dress casual. Why? Despite the diversity of choice, so many of us tend towards the middle that vast, beige zone between Jamie Foxx. The Dartmouth Shorts Protest of 1930. Pennsylvania State University, 1950s. To dress casual is quintessentially to dress as an American and to live, or to dream of livin...
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Ideas : What It Means to Be American
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National Museum of American History on Twitter. National Museum of American History on Facebook. The 1900 World’s Fair Produced Dazzling Dynamos, Great Art, and Our Current Conversation About Technology. Henry Adams’ Influential but Largely Forgotten Warning About Science Superseding Soul is Especially Relevant Today. August 30, 2016. The National Institutes of Health recently. NASA’s Other Moonshot Helped Revolutionize Marketing. August 16, 2016. By R Craig Sautter. July 26, 2016. Later this week, the h...
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How Americans Fell in Love with the Open Road : What It Means to Be American
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National Museum of American History on Twitter. National Museum of American History on Facebook. How Americans Fell in Love with the Open Road. As the Automobile Industry Took off, Drivers Discovered the Romance and Freedom of Long-Distance Travel. By Peter J. Blodgett. August 13, 2015. At the same time, some city dwellers simply sought an escape. Early 20th century urban environments had their drawbacks: sidewalks overflowing with scurrying pedestrians; streets crowded with unending waves of trolley...
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What Would Jesus Read? : What It Means to Be American
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National Museum of American History on Twitter. National Museum of American History on Facebook. What Would Jesus Read? Americans Are Obsessed With Popular Religious Books Because They Give Us What Organized Religion Can't. July 10, 2015. In the 1990s, my best friend a brilliant historian with an I read banned books bumper sticker on her car handed me a book that had changed her life. It was Thomas Moore’s Care of the Soul. A 1992 New York Times. I returned to Care of the Soul. Over a period of more than...
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Engagements : What It Means to Be American
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National Museum of American History on Twitter. National Museum of American History on Facebook. The New Deal Origins of Homeland Security. During FDR’s Administration, the First Lady and the Mayor of New York Clashed Over Guns, Butter, and American Liberalism. August 25, 2016. This debate is not a new one in American history. Even before the Cold War. Coming of Age Under a Flying Fortress. Being a Teenager in L.A. During World War II Meant Blackouts, Rations, and B-17 Bombers. By Manuel H. Rodriguez.
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Journeys : What It Means to Be American
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National Museum of American History on Twitter. National Museum of American History on Facebook. In My Family’s American Dream, Bootstraps Met Blocks of Government Cheese. After an Arduous Journey Emigrating from Vietnam in the ‘70s, the Author Benefitted from Both Personal Resilience and Public Assistance. August 23, 2016. I am an immigrant from. The Japanese-American Officer Who Helped Take Down and Then Rebuild Japan. By Pamela Rotner Sakamoto. January 28, 2016. December 11, 2015. August 31, 2015.
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Sponsors : What It Means to Be American
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Encounters : What It Means to Be American
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National Museum of American History on Twitter. National Museum of American History on Facebook. Recovering the Stolen Histories of American Slaves. The Tragedy of Treating People as Property Has Left Only Scattered Scraps to Hint at Their Cultures and Communities. August 18, 2016. But thanks to laborious archival research and the linking of two rare and. In Choosing to Be Cherokee, She Was Forced to Renounce the U.S. July 28, 2016. Historically, U.S. policymakers were troubled by such marriages ...I rem...
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Places : What It Means to Be American
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National Museum of American History on Twitter. National Museum of American History on Facebook. LA’s Forgotten Avenue of the Athletes. Thirty-Two Grimy Bronze Plaques Are All That Remain of a Grand Vision to Create a Walk of Fame for Sports. August 4, 2016. The Quebec Battle That Opened the Door to America. By Beating Back the French in 1759, British Colonials Defeated a Big Obstacle to Their Own Independence. By D Peter MacLeod. August 2, 2016. By John J. Grabowski. July 19, 2016. The Republicans are c...
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