DCist: National Museum of American History Reopens Tomorrow

5momduke

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:15:35 -0500

Congratulations on great pictures and a reminder of all that the Smithsonian offers to us of our history. The American flag is beautiful and I cannot wait to see the waving flag. Dorothy's shoes are truly a part of " there's no place like home". Great job!

monkeyrotica

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:27:34 -0500

please tell me the cafeteria didn't maintain the leftover hot dogs under the heat lamp all this time There's a war on, buddy. This isn't the time to be wasting "food." Fossilized remains of canus fecus Americanus (the American dirty-water dog) were either transferred to the Natural History Museum for use as prosthetic neanderthal penii, or loaned to the Imperial War Museum for their toad-in-the-hole exhibit, or repackaged as Vienna Beef "Classic" and sold from carts on the Mall to cornfed Midwesterners.

Meaghan4

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:25:27 -0500

You can still vote for the greatest President, and FDR is still in the lead.

DCster

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:26:31 -0500

Can you still vote for the greatest President of all time? From what I remember, FDR was in the lead (or was it Lincoln), but they might have reset it.

boondoggle

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:31:13 -0500

Are shirt and shoes required? I've never been able to properly honor Old Glory while wearing pants. Don't judge me.

Janizzle

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:04:24 -0500

Missed seeing you at the event yesterday Ben, but we got some video of the CNN Flag Toy - which, yes, was my favorite part of the exhibit.

Mmmbop

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:19:18 -0500

please tell me the cafeteria didn't maintain the leftover hot dogs under the heat lamp all this time

IMGoph

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:51:48 -0500

can't wait to see what everything looks like now that's it's been all gussied up!

adplatt

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:30:29 -0500

As a technical note, the flag is not "speckled with red and blue lights" on a regular basis. Those are temporary for the opening only.

Deep

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:09:23 -0500

I've got boxes and boxes of stuff just chock-full of Americana. I'll open my own museum of used Doc Johnson Marital Aids.

no_more_caffeine

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:43:59 -0500

I am very excited about this. Hope it lives up to the expectations.

monkeyrotica

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:40:33 -0500

I've already reserved my "McKinley Shot First" souvenier teeshirt.