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Mr. Heyman and Mr. Crew announced the re-opening of the National Museum of American History, which had been closed because of the government shutdown.

Vice President Gore spoke about the need for respect among all citizens in the United States no matter how different they are. He also talked about the U.S. responsibility to show other nati…

This Washington Journal program looked at the various facilities owned by the Smithsonian Institution and some of the exhibits at the National American History Museum.

First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton donated her 1993 Inaugural gown and coat to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. The gown would be displayed in the museum’s “…

In February 1960, four black college students were refused service at a lunch counter in North Carolina. They staged a sit-in protest, which touched off a student-led demonstration movement …