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Enjoy Cherokee Days at the American Indian Museum This Weekend

EventsMarch 30, 2023315Views 0Likes 0Comments

Cherokee Days Festival returns to the Smithsonian American Indian Museum this weekend. During this three-day celebration, enjoy Cherokee food, weapons, singing, and perhaps a dash of Christian Nationalism. The American Indian Museum is an anthology of tribal stories without a central narrative. Visiting and seeing American Indians through one tribe's eyes gives a more direct…

Early Cherry Blossoms This Year

EventsMarch 11, 2023323Views 0Likes 0Comments

Will you see the cherry blossoms this spring before they're gone? This mild winter has the cherry blossoms well ahead of their normal schedule. The National Park Service's peak bloom prediction is March 22-25. Crowds continue to rise each year. Taking a great photo with the cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin gets harder and…

5 Things To See at Mount Vernon on Homeschool Day

EventsMarch 4, 2023345Views 0Likes 0Comments

Visiting our founding father's home is the best way to learn about him. Going on Homeschool Day is the best value. Here's five things to see this year - Tour the mansion. See what you can learn about life at the Washington's home in the 1700's. Join the fifer on the green. He plays multiple…

Three Top Places To Visit for July 4th

EventsJune 30, 2019325Views 0Likes 0Comments

There's no better place to visit on the celebration of our country's birth than Washington DC. There are so many artifacts and exhibits here, how do you decide which to visit? Here are our top three picks for your holiday visit to DC. 1. The Declaration of Independence at the National Archives. This document started…

Monuments Men Diary Donated to the National Archives

EventsMay 2, 2019268Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Monuments Men Foundation donated the diary of S. Lane Faison, Jr. to the National Archives this week. This continues the piecemeal reconstruction of records related to the immense theft of art in Europe by the Nazi during WWII. Now 74 years after the meticulous kept Nazi records fell in Allied hands, the records are…

Cherokee Days at the American Indian Museum

Events, MuseumsApril 12, 2019399Views 0Likes 0Comments

When you meet him, Vyrl Keeter introduces himself as a retired educator but after watching his passion as a Cherokee Nation culture keeper, you'd be right to wonder if he's ever really left education behind. This weekend at the National Museum of the American Indian, you'll find him sitting just off the atrium, the clack…

A Family Guide to Visiting the Botanic Garden Christmas Display

EventsDecember 15, 2016280Views 0Likes 0Comments

Each year the United States Botanic Garden puts on a wonderful Christmas display, made entirely from natural materials. It's free and fun for kids of all ages. But with so much to see, you may miss some parts. This guide will help you navigate easily and see it all. Start by entering the Botanic Garden…

John Philip Sousa – Where Bands Come to Play at Your Grave

EventsSeptember 26, 2016320Views 0Likes 0Comments

John Philip Sousa Grave in Washington, D.C. John Philip Sousa's gravesite had a conductor's baton and a trumpet mouthpiece left in tribute when we stopped by last week. Sousa is one of the famous occupants of Congressional Cemetery here in Washington, D.C., but as far as we know, the only one with concerts played at his…

Volunteering at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival

EventsSeptember 22, 2016263Views 0Likes 0Comments

I volunteered this year for the Folklife Festival looking to contribute to the festival and hoping to experience a little bit of Basque culture right here in Washington, D.C. Over three days of volunteering I got all I expected and more.