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Smithsonian Opens Bicentennial Americana Exhibition We the People
About 6000 items of Americana are mounted in a Smithsonian Museum of History and Technology show opening today. Highlights include John Adams’ cane, Bert and Ernie, Lincoln phrases from Gettysburg, the Resolute Desk, and Burger’s corrected proofs in the United States v Nixon case. The exhibit, titled We the People, is semi permanent and organized around three Lincoln inspired themes.
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Washington
Smithsonian
Museum of History and Technology
John Adams
Resurrection City
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Appomattox
Grant
Lincoln
Warren E. Burger
United States
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Watergate