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Fighting It Again:
Gettysburg 1988
Architects Race
for the Clouds
Where Baseball
Bats Are Born
Underground
Railroad Bike Trail
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Abigail Adams
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Revolution’s Tumultuous
Opening Days
Spring 2023
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Spring 2023
FEATURES
28 Life During Wartime
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Abigail Adams endured British occupation, a smallpox
epidemic, and her husband’s indifference.
By Jon Mael
36 Sky High
Steel skeletons and elevators allowed architects to
build higher and higher.
By Dennis Goodwin
46 ‘A Real Powder Burner’
Musketry crackled and cannons thundered at the
1988 Gettysburg reenactment.
By John Banks
54 Stalking the Decisive Moment
Bob Willoughby’s lush photography captured
Hollywood stars on set.
By Michael Dolan
DEPARTMENTS
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8
Letters
Talk to us!
Mosaic
History in the headlines.
Pray for money.
14 American Schemers
16 Innovations
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A close shave.
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18 Déjà Vu
Illness and the campaign trail.
22 Interview
Biking a path to freedom.
24 American Place
Where baseball bats are born.
27 Editorial
Remodeling Project.
62 Terra Firma
Indian Territory.
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From pot-metal shoes,
to ribbon badges, to
whiskey shot glasses,
Gettysburg souvenirs
through the years.
—see page 46
64 Reviews
The life of Charlton Heston.
72 Toy Box
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ON THE COVER:
From her home near
Boston, Mass.,
Abigail Adams could
hear the Battle of
Bunker Hill.
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