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Jul
19

‘MAGA BLACK’ hats, clear swag bags, the first Trump/Vance signs: Highlights of what the Smithsonian is archiving from the Republican convention

Political history curators from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History are at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, collecting items from clothing to signs that will help tell the story of the 2024 presidential election. Continue reading ‘MAGA BLACK’ hats, clear swag bags, the first Trump/Vance signs: Highlights of what the Smithsonian is archiving from the Republican convention

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Jul
15

Meet the Docents: This Air and Space Museum volunteer is in her ‘happy place’

Mary Dominiak should have been an astronaut. Or, at least, that’s what she wanted to be when she was growing up in Milwaukee. A lifelong airplane junkie and self-described “space cadet,” Dominiak says two strikes were against her: her poor eyesight and the fact that women weren’t admitted to NASA’s astronaut corps until 1978. By then, she… Continue reading Meet the Docents: This Air and Space Museum volunteer is in her ‘happy place’

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