Nov 20, 2008

Star-Spangled Banner is star attraction at renovated American History museum


WASHINGTON D.C. (Baltimore Sun) - The Star-Spangled Banner has a snazzy new home - and it's already the talk of the town.
When the National Museum of American History reopens tomorrow after a two-year, $85 million renovation, visitors will finally get a glimpse at what museum officials are calling a "dramatic transformation" of the 44-year-old building.
The most stunning evidence of this is a five-story-high, skylit atrium that greets museumgoers as they enter from the National Mall. Continued


Photo: Library of Congress

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