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Enjoy a weekend of excellent equine events

In honor of the opening of “A Song for the Horse Nation” Oct. 29, the National Museum of the American Indian is partnering with the 53rd Annual Washington International Horse Show to host a weekend of free activities and performances Saturday, Oct. 29, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Mall museum and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Verizon Center in Washington; and Sunday, Oct. 30, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at the museum.

Programming includes pony rides (Verizon Center only), war-pony painting demonstrations by Crow equestrian and Tribal General Council member Kennard Real Bird, storytelling by award-winning children’s book author and illustrator S.D. Nelson (Standing Rock Sioux), hands-on ledger-art workshops and much more at both locations.

The D.C. Mounted Police and Kennard Real Bird will present the U.S. and Crow Nation colors on horseback Saturday, Oct. 29, at 3 p.m. on the museum’s Outdoor Welcome Plaza, while singer KJ Jacks (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma) performs the U.S. national anthem. Real Bird will also participate in the opening procession of the Washington International Horse Show Friday evening, Oct. 28, at the Verizon Center.

A free shuttle service between the museum and the Verizon Center will be provided by Reston Limousine Saturday, Oct. 29.

For more information about the 53rd Annual Washington Horse Show (Oct. 25-30), visit its website.