Today the family went to the renovated American History Museum, which is part of the Smithsonian. It has been closed for two years and re-opened November 21st. Well, we thought with it being Thanksgiving weekend no one would be there. WRONG! Not only was it extremely crowded, but half of the museum is still closed. Several of the exhibits don't reopen until January 2009. I will wait until February or March to go back in the freezing cold when all the tourists are GONE!!
The one good exhbit we did wait in line to see was the American Flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore and inspired the Star Spangled Banner. There are pics from Fort McHenry in an earlier post. When we visited Fort McHenry we bought Georgia a book about Mary Pickersgill, the lady who made the Star Spangled Banner flag. A picture of the book is below. Mary came to the museum to talk to the kids about the flag and had the kids help her put the flag together. It was neat to bring history to life for G. I hope that while we are here, she remembers all the wonderful things we show her about our American history.
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