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November 14, 1975

“Portraits from the Americans: the Democratic Experience,” based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Daniel J. Boorstin, director of the National Museum of History and Technology from 1969 to 1973 (now the National Museum of American History), opens on the renovated third floor of the National Portrait Gallery.

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Posted: 14 November 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.