The archive, narrowed.

Camp David Accords

Jimmy Carter's thirteen-day hostage situation with two Middle East leaders

Assassination of John F. Kennedy

A president's murder spawned a half-century of doubt.

Emancipation Proclamation

Battle of Gettysburg

Lee's gamble on Northern soil ended in catastrophic defeat.

American Civil War

When Lincoln's election shattered the Union and slavery's fate hung in the balance