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The museum contains a number of icons
from American culture.
Can you say, "Mr. Rogers?" I knew
you could.
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A tribute to Linsey aka Dorothy Levendowski.
And she thought I wouldn't put that on this page.
Hey, she also thought I wouldn't play "The
Preamble" at the dance. Wrong on both counts!
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Michael Jordan's jersey, and I think
that's Ali's glove to the left.
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Indiana Jones on his latest enterprising
venture.
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The girls hit the campaign trail.
I think the one on the right is Secret Service...
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Sheridan's horse. It's incredible
to think that this horse actually saw the Civil War. After he died,
he was stuffed, given a full military parade to the Smithsonian, and put
on display.
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One factor in the Civil War becoming
as bloody as it did: the rifled musket, firing the Minie bullet.
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Civil War regimental flag. Many
men died protecting their regiment's colors. The flag bears the regiment's
name / number, and has its battles painted onto it.
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This ship was sank during the Revolutionary
War. On the back side of it, you can actually see the hole in the
hull where the cannonball entered, dooming the ship to the sea's bottom.
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