{"id":724,"date":"2022-10-04T10:05:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T15:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whattoseeinwashingtondc.com\/?p=724"},"modified":"2022-10-04T10:05:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T15:05:35","slug":"all-american-the-power-of-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whattoseeinwashingtondc.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/04\/all-american-the-power-of-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"“All American: The Power of Sports”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

February 22, 1880- upstate New York. The US men’s hockey team beat the Soviet team in the most famous hockey game in American history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Miracle on Ice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Twenty-one years later, America was still reeling from the 9\/11 attack when President George W. Bush came to New York and threw out the first pitch of the resumed World Series in Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Buffalo soldiers of West Point Calvary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This National Archives Museum exhibition begins and ends with the uniting force in American life through the triumph and tragedy of sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between the two famous moments, these powerful sports moments are documented in this exhibition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Babe Ruth’s draft registration card<\/li>
  • Early baseball cards<\/li>
  • Joe Louis WWI recruitment poster<\/li>
  • Jim Thorpe’s Olympic gold medals<\/li>
  • Football trophy won by the Buffalo soldiers of West Point’s Calvary detachment<\/li>
  • Towel thrown into the ring to end Joe Lewis vs Max Schmeling fight in Nazi Germany<\/li>
  • Baseball game in Japanese American internment camps of WWII<\/li>
  • Desegregation moments in the NFL and Major League Baseball<\/li>
  • Yogi Berra’s life advice<\/li>
  • Winged football helmet<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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    This exhibition is organized in four sections:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. The Power to Unite<\/li>
    2. The Power to Teach<\/li>
    3. The Power to Break Barriers<\/li>
    4. The Power to Promote<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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      Go beyond the Great Hall and our nation’s founding documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Visit \u201cAll American\u201d with your family. Share your memories together. Relive great moments in American sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Put in on your list of what to see in Washington DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Free admission. Open 7 days a week 10-5:30 at the National Archives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n