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...from Washington. In a metropolitan area swarming with museums, this one is unique. Having opened only last May, it's too young to have earned a must-see designation on capital tours, and with an exhibit space of only 2,200 sq. ft., it's a dwarf among the Smithsonian titans. Its theme--"Illegal Drugs in America: A Modern History"--isn't the ordinary stuff of sightseer oohing and aahing. But it's a strangely compelling place nonetheless, fast gaining popularity among area schools and youth groups. The museum is part propaganda, part history lesson and--for baby boomers...
...airplane was what did in the campaign train, but television played a role--and so did the shifting U.S. population. "Trains used to come to the front door of America," says Bill Withuhn, an authority on trains at the Smithsonian. "Now they go to the backyards." Depots are shuttered; junkyards and weed patches and winos too often greet the rail traveler...
Burke accepted a post at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., where she will serve as the undersecretary for American museums, programs and national outreach...
Burke will be part of an ongoing reorganization of the Smithsonian Institute and will oversee the Institute's American history museums, including the Air and Space Museum and Center for African American History and Culture...
...Revolution, the exact time of day or year mattered only to those in specialized jobs, such as astrologers and sailors. For the rest, the day began at dawn, noon was when the sun was highest in the sky, and sunset wrapped things up. Says Carleen Stephens, who curated the Smithsonian show, in 1790 fewer than 10% of Americans had a clock of any kind in their homes, and most of those had no minute hand...