History

Arizona's Boot Hill Cemetery Filled With Victims Of The Wild West

7:59am July 29, 2015

by Ted Robbins

Boot Hill in Tombstone, Ariz., is the name given to an early frontier cemetery because many of the residents "died with their boots on." (This piece first aired on August 14, 2012 on Morning Edition.)

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National

Remains Of 36 World War II Marines Returned To U.S.

6:31pm July 28, 2015

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with Clay Bonnyman Evans, whose grandfather, 1st Lt. Alexander Bonnyman, was one of 36 Marines killed in the Battle of Tarawa in 1943.

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Costume designer Walter Plunkett made an intricate watercolor design for Scarlett O'Hara's famous curtain dress in Gone with the Wind.

Arts

Discover A Trove Of Hollywood Treasures At The Motion Picture Academy Library

3:21pm July 27, 2015

by Susan Stamberg

Here, you can find the Cowardly Lion's mane, the designs for Scarlett O'Hara's drapery dress, and many other artifacts that reveal the history of the movie biz.

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Survivors of the sinking of the Indianapolis are taken to a hospital on Guam after their rescue in August, 1945.

National

Cost Of War: Veterans Remember USS Indianapolis, Shark Attacks

6:59am July 27, 2015

by Sarah Adams

After delivering the atomic bomb for the U.S. attack on Hiroshima 70 years ago, the Indianapolis was torpedoed and sank. Its story has been all but forgotten, but 32 survivors are having a reunion.

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Willis Conover, The Voice Of Jazz Behind The Iron Curtain

10:55am July 25, 2015

by Scott Simon

American broadcaster Willis Conover was known around the world in places like Prague, Moscow and Warsaw, but not so much at home. For more than 40 years, he hosted a jazz show on the Voice of America.

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Retracing Ralph Waldo Emerson's Steps In A Now 'Unchanged Eden'

8:22pm July 24, 2015

by Brian Mann

A century and a half ago, the poet and philosopher headed to New York's Adirondack Mountains with some notable pals. Today, we follow his journey with a new crew, the help of a painting and a book.

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Arts

How An 11-Year-Old Boy Invented The Popsicle

4:35pm July 24, 2015

by Shelby Pope

The beloved ice pops were born of a young boy's tinkering with sugary soda powder and water on a cold night. But the end of this tale for Frank Epperson was not as sweet as his treat.

Quran Fragments Found In U.K. Library Are Among Oldest In The World

7:28pm July 22, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Susan Worrall, the special collections director of the University of Birmingham's Cadbury Research Library, where the fragments were discovered.

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Donald Trump's Remarks On John McCain Question Meaning Of 'War Hero'

7:05pm July 22, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with David Greenberg, a professor of history at Rutgers University and a writer for Politico, about how Donald Trump took issue with calling John McCain a "war hero."

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National

12 Lost American Slangisms From The 1800s

2:53pm July 21, 2015

by Linton Weeks

Today's lingo seems creative, but slang in 19th century America was every bit as colorful.