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November 8, 1985

“After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America, 1780-1800” opens at the National Museum of American History. The exhibition features an 18th-century log house, rooms from Virginia and Massachusetts, and more than 1,000 artifacts. This is the first of the museum’s reinstallations of its permanent exhibition halls.

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Posted: 8 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.