Smithsonian is the official journal published by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.  It specializes in such topics as history, science, arts, and nature.  The first issue was published in 1970.

The 88-page October 2019 issues' cover story is:  The Trigger.  A decade before the Revolution, young George Washington led a British force in Pennsylvania.  Now newly discovered evidence shows he fired the shot that sparked the French and Indian War.

Other featured articles include:

Sidelined - The scholar who coined the "Matilda Effect," for the systemic repression of women in science, has made it her lifework to spotlight the achievements of long-overlooked female researchers and inventors in America.

Rebellion in Seminole County - A century ago in the pocket of rural Oklahoma, poor tenant farmers launched an armed, socialist uprising to overthrow nothing less than the federal government.

The Suspect in City Hall - Our correspondent dives deep into the files of President Truman and the mob in search of new clues into the sudden resignation of New York's golden-boy mayor, William O'Dwyer.

PROLOGUE

American Icon - Zombie shopping malls * Is there life after retail?

Art - Jazz meets Buddhism

Architecture - ken Follett on Notre-Dame * Lights! Camera! Cathedral!

Tradition - A green light for picking greens * Precious wild plants

National Treasure - Prince's rainmaking guitar

Origins - DIY narratives

Discussion - Reparations for slavery, John Steinbeck's ocean voyage

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