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July 4, 1977

The Smithsonian Metro Station formally opens on the Mall at 12th Street. Metro General Manager Theodore Lutz presents Charles Blitzer with a farecard for inclusion in the transportation collection of the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History. On June 17 there was a guided tour for SI staffers, attended by 685 people.

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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.