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American artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens finds inspiration in France to create one of America’s most iconic sculptures, a memorial to Civil War hero Adm. David Farragut

Restoration experts make a startling discovery that an 1848 daguerreotype hides a wealth of insight into life in a pre-war riverside town

A new look at a famous Revolutionary figure questions whether history’s long-standing judgment is accurate

The business of forging George Washington’s signature and correspondence to sell to unwitting buyers goes back 150 years