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Time capsules: Sealing the present for a future look back

...future from classrooms in 56 states and territories. The capsulse is to be displayed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History before it is eventually sealed. The year 2000 also marks the bicentennial of the Library of Congress...

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Features
Peter Max remakes himself online, on TV

...up the value of old nostalgia and conventional artwork,'' said David Shayt, cultural director of the National Museum of American History. ''He is once again becoming a force to be reckoned with.'' At the heart of his lucrative rebirth...

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Tech
For love -- or money

...late 20th century, says Fath Ruffins, historian and head of advertising history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. "Before about 1970, greeting cards in general and valentines in particular basically came in two forms...

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Family
Housing briefs

Four RE/MAX Lakes Area Realty staffers in Brainerd gained honors recently.

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Features
Structure is the exhibit

...exhibition. The largest artifact in the National Museum of American History, this Georgian-style, 2 1/2-story...daily at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. except...

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Features
For many Americans, houses are crucial to sense of identity

...has to do with the American love of independence, said Lonn Taylor, a historian at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and curator of the museum's new exhibit, "Within These Walls." "It's a part of the American dream...

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Features
Political items are hot collectibles

...moving images, photographic documentation, etc." In short, pieces of paper. The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History includes "buttons, badges, banners, posters, ballots, bumper stickers and ribbons" in its 100,000-piece...

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Family
The French Chef turns 90

...milestone with parties and events, culminating Aug. 19 with the opening of "Julia Child's Kitchen" at the National Museum of American History in Washington. The Smithsonian exhibit reconstructs the room in which Child cooked for nearly half a century...

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Entertainment
Bush smarter than intellectual critics

...last Sunday's London Times magazine, Kate Muir tells of her visit to the exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, ``The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden.'' Muir, who is photographed before the statue of...

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Opinion
Still Army

...York Times. Her yellow POW uniform and a sling she wore on her left arm became part of an exhibit at the National Museum of American History in Washington. Cornum makes occasional public appearances. Still, she doesn't consider herself a crusader...

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