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Just across the Mall is the National Museum of American History—also part of the Smithsonian. Its newest exhibit, which is of comparable size to the one about Sept. 11, shows the historical progression of different families in one house. Maybe, just maybe, the National Museum of American History, which has both a nicer venue for special exhibits and is visited more frequently than the Arts and Industries Building, would have been a better setting for the flag and photographs...
...approach of the Fourth of July and the influx of summer tourists to D. C.—generally a highly patriotic group of people to start with—should have caught the eye of the Smithsonian as the ideal audience for a commemorative exhibit. Admittedly, the American public does have a short attention span, but nothing could be more appropriate to give a high priority to than to memorialize the victims and heroes of Sept. 11. Beginning with this show would have been an excellent start...
Museums in their finest form weave the threads of history into patterns and designs that are recognizable to the public. The Smithsonian has shown that it currently has the ability to create comprehensive exhibits that entice and educate. It is unfortunate that it did not utilize those talents in this exhibit...
...sustained in a struggle. A broken hyoid bone in the neck could indicate strangulation. Bones from the hand could show trauma from fending off an attack. They will also try to determine if in fact Levy was killed where she was found. Doug Ubelaker, a forensic anthropologist from the Smithsonian Institution working on the case, won't address specifics of the Levy investigation but says, "What we would look for would be any evidence of an environment different from the area in which the remains were found...
...Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CFA), together with the Harvard Observatory, will be hosting a series of “Star Parties” to enjoy this planetary alignment, which seldom happens in the Northern Hemisphere...