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Featured Event:
White House National Security Advisors
Thurs., Dec. 1 at 7 PM
Former National Security advisors Henry Kissinger, Stephen Hadley, and James Steinberg will discuss the issues that arose during their tenure. Jane Harman, offers the Capitol Hill experience. Ken Walsh, senior White House correspondant to U.S News & World Report, will moderate. Buy tickets>>
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Thomas Jefferson's Personal Guide to a Moral Life
Tues., Nov. 15 at 6:45 PM
Join "Thomas Jefferson" (portrayed by Bill Barker of Colonial Williamsburg) as he explains why Jefferson created his own version of the Bible. American History Museum curators will also share how they've been preserving the national treasure. Buy tickets>>
Smithsonian Connections:
See the online exhibition of The Price of Freedom: Americans at War from the National Museum of American History to learn more about the history of America's military.
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Race - The Power of Illusion
Three-Part Documentary
Wed., Nov. 2, 9, & 16 at 7 PM
By asking a basic question—what is this thing called race?—and probing the biological premise for dividing people into distinct groups, Race—The Power of an Illusion seeks to uproot deep-seated notions and change the terms of any discussion about race.
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The Last Campaign
and Battle of Yorktown
All-Day Tour
Sun., Nov. 13 at 7 AM
In this full-day tour, join us as we follow military historian Ed Bearss to the battlefields of the 1781 Battle of Yorktown. Stirring explanations are given of some of the daring attacks on the British in what was one of the last major battles of the American Revolutionary War. Buy tickets>>
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Angel Island:
Immigrant Gateway to America
Evening Lecture
Thurs., Nov. 17 at 7 PM
Historian Erika Lee explores the immigrant journeys and debates on Angel Island that transformed America's relationship to immigration and explores how the story, though 100 years old, lives on today.
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War of 1812:
Bladensburg and Washington
All-Day Tour
Sat., Dec. 3 at 8 AM
Historian Ed Bearss leads a tour of some of the key sites in the War of 1812. Participants visit Bladensburg and trace the British army’s route into Washington, with stops at the Capitol and Lafayette Park.
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Inside Civil War Washington
Daytime Lecture
Weds., Dec. 7 at 12 PM
Take an armchair tour of Civil War Washington and explore the considerable evidence of this dramatic period that remains in today's city. Hear about the lives of those who lived and worked in the Smithsonian Castle in 1861. Buy tickets>>
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War of 1812:
Baltimore and Fort McHenry
All-Day Tour
Sat., Dec. 10 at 8 AM
Historian Ed Bearss leads a tour of some of the key sites in the War of 1812. Participants visit Fort McHenry, Federal Hill, Hempstead Hill, and Fort Howard among other sites as they gain a better understanding of British movements and U.S.-British conflicts during the war. Buy tickets>>
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