HISTORY

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...

John Haseman was a captain assigned as a Deputy District Senior Adviser (DDSA) in Mo Cay District, Kien Hoa Province,...

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

Stagecoach robbery in the Old West was a risky endeavor. Authorities thwarted, caught or killed most road agents within a...

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

On the evening of June 3, 1889, Patrick Cleary grabbed a hatchet from beside the courtroom woodstove and burst outside...

To mark Labor Day 2023, CHM editor Heidi Samuelson writes about Polish-born John Kikulski, a Chicago labor leader in the...