A New Museum On The Mall
 

‘This place is more than a building. It is a dream come true.’
- Rep. John Lewis

"In a speech filled with reminders of America’s dark and not-so-distant past, and hopes for a brighter future, President Obama helped to inaugurate the National Museum of African American History and Culture today in Washington.
The country’s first black chief executive stood before a crowd of more than 7,000 official guests — and thousands more gathered on the National Mall — and repeated the words of poet Langston Hughes: “I, too, am America.”
“African American history is not somehow separate than the American story. It is not the underside of the American story. It is central to the American story,” Obama said.
Behind him, the 400,000 square-foot museum stood as a testament to that notion. Serving as home to more than 36,000 artifacts, the museum exists to both memorialize and educate, sharing the “unvarnished truth” of America’s past and celebrating the triumphs of its present." WaPo

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I'd love to see it, maybe next springtime when the cherry trees are in bloom.
Who knows...

I'll be going in a couple of weeks once the crowds calm down a bit. Should be awesome. FWIW, I'm underwhelmed by the relatively new National Museum of the American Indian. Great architecture, but could use better curation IMO.

Also plan on doing a trip to DC in the spring and hopefully the crowds will be less intensive.


Barney

I was in DC back in July.

It wasn't open yet, but I saw that place. It's ugly as hell, an eyesore, really.

But, I fully intend to visit it when I go back next year. Should be interesting.

That has been the Indian's problem ever since the white man showed up. :(

Beware if you go there. You might get robbed.

The Ku Klux Klan was formed by Demokkkrats.