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June 19, 1980

The Peregrine Fund at Cornell University places six young peregrine falcons in a small hutch on the tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building, the “Castle,” in an attempt to reestablish a wild breeding population of these falcons on the east coast.

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Posted: 19 June 2010
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Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.