HISTORY

October is Filipino American History Month, which commemorates the first Filipinos to arrive on the North American continent at what...

In his new book Duel in the Deep (Naval Institute Press), author David Sears tells a story that he subtitles...

Happy Halloween! CHM museum specialist Jojo Galvan explores some of the notable markers in Chicago’s Graceland Cemetery. Close up of...

.image-13794634 { max-height: 100%; --left: 42.74%; --top: 38.72%; } To this day the U.S. Naval Airship USS ZMC-2 remains unique...

CHM curator of civic engagement and social justice Elena Gonzales writes about the history and definitions of various descriptors of...

On the first day of the Allied offensive on the Somme River of northern France in July 1916 the British...

Chicago has undoubtedly become one of the culinary epicenters of the world. The city’s location in the middle of the...

Bad, bawdy and bankable during its 1880s heyday, Colorado City blossomed as one of the Lone Star State’s major cattle...

CHM research and insights analyst Marissa Croft writes about the gap in experience between high society dress and visitors to...

For more than a century the Royal Aircraft Factory’s B.E.2c has been denigrated as one of the worst aircraft ever...