Children love the circus, so what better toy than a model circus parade. In the late 19th century, cages of animals were drawn by horses through the main part of town to announce that the circus had ...

Update: We first reported that the metal brace Juanita Beck wore on one of her legs was the result of childhood polio. Members of Juanita’s family contacted us to say that their mother and grandmother ...

For the last few days, a nostalgic sound has been wafting through the Folklife Festival. It’s a familiar sound but from a likely unfamiliar musical instrument. This is the calliope (pronounced kuh-LIE ...