D.C. American History Museum

Had a great time visiting The National American History Museum.
We loved the exhibits!!!!
Were not able to see the whole museum. Will go back to see more of if someday.

Inside this room is a great exhibit of the history of the "The Star-Spangle Banner" The original very large flag that was in Fort McHenry in Baltimore that inspired the national anthem is there. The flag is huge. The flag originally measured 30 feet by 42 feet (9.1 m × 12.8 m). Each of the fifteen stripes are 2 feet (0.61 m) wide, and each of the stars measure about 2 feet (0.61 m) in diameter. After the battle, the Armistead family occasionally gave away pieces of the flag as souvenirs and gifts; this cutting, along with deterioration from continued use, removed several feet of fabric from the flag's fly end, and it now measures 30 feet by 34 feet (9.1 m × 10.4 m). The flag currently has only fourteen stars—the fifteenth star was similarly given as a gift, but its recipient and current whereabouts are unknown.

Battle

The Flag was flown over the fort when 5,000 British soldiers and a fleet of 19 ships attacked Baltimore on September 12, 1814. The bombardment turned to Fort McHenry on the evening of September 13, and continuous shelling occurred for 25 hours under heavy rain. When the British ships were unable to pass the fort and penetrate the harbor, the attack was ended, and on the morning of September 14, when the battered flag still flew above the ramparts, it was clear that Fort McHenry remained in American hands. This revelation was famously captured in poetry by Key, an American Lawmaker and then-amateur poet. Being held by the British on a truce ship in the Patapsco River, Key observed the battle from afar. When he saw the Garrison Flag still flying at dawn of the morning of the 14th, he composed a poem he originally titled Defiance of Ft. McHenry (though some accounts hold Defence of Fort McHenry). The poem would be put to the music of a common tune, retitled The Star-Spangled Banner, and a portion of it would later be adopted as the United States National Anthem. Since its arrival at the Smithsonian, the flag has undergone multiple restoration efforts.

This is the first monument to Geaorge Washington. I am glad they decided not to use this one. He looked like a Greek God.
Following are just some of the many pictures we took. There was so much to see. They have exhibits so many different things of the America History. We loved the exhibit presentations. They were very interesting, very visual(live size and real objects), informative and fun.

History of the evolution of American's homes

Zulita in front of the Julia child kitchen

The history of the food industry and the electrical appliances was great.
There was one section on Julia Child and how she revolutionized the T.V. and cooking chows.
Julia Child T.V. show kitchen is there.
An exhibit with her life history
They have complete episodes of her T.V. shows and interviews for people to enjoy. We watch a couple episodes with a crowd of people there and she had us laughing so much. Id did not realized she was so funny

Eshibits on the history of ships, train, and car transportation with real objects. It was amazing!

Us having fun with the real size status they had to help come alive the exhibits on the transportation history.

Zulita enjoying herself waiting at a train stop

There were revolutionary history, exhibits, industrial history exhibits,.... and so many, many others.

There were war history exhibits