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Related: About this forumI am excited about the African American museum opening. ..
The National Museum of African American History and Culture opening on the Capitol Mall this weekend.
There has been a huge buildup for this in the DC area .
We have tickets for October 15th.
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I am excited about the African American museum opening. .. (Original Post)
kwassa
Sep 2016
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bettyellen
(47,209 posts)1. It looks great! Come back with a report please!
Kind of Blue
(8,709 posts)2. It's wonderful and a long time coming.
Wish I could be there but hopefully there will be lots of coverage.
Thanks for the update!
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)4. I hope
to visit it one day.
demilib
(100 posts)6. So will I
It will definitely be on my bucket list
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)5. Hoping to get there soon
With my friend Alvin. Alvin knows history and DC. Last time we went to the Holocaust museum.
BumRushDaShow
(144,041 posts)7. Here is the CSPAN video of the opening ceremonies
https://www.c-span.org/video/?415014-1/smithsonian-national-museum-african-american-history-culture-opens-dc
CSPAN will re-air at 8 pm ET on Saturday (Sept. 24th).
I think the whole thing was 3.5 hours and their initial recording (edited) was about 2.5 hours. Their current stream has been edited to a little over 2 hours (cuts the first 1/2 hour).
CSPAN will re-air at 8 pm ET on Saturday (Sept. 24th).
I think the whole thing was 3.5 hours and their initial recording (edited) was about 2.5 hours. Their current stream has been edited to a little over 2 hours (cuts the first 1/2 hour).