by Robert in Monterey [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by Annilow [courtesy of Blog for America]

C-SPAN's Washington Journal did a segment on the new Newseum in Washington this morning. They have moved their headquarters to what looks like palatial digs right in the heart of Washington. Admission for adults is $20. They have newspapers from most American cities outside with the front page. They have an exhibit dedicated to the Berlin Wall with more 'wall' than exists anywhere today outside of Berlin. I cried when they showed the exhibit dedicated to journalists and photojournalists who died or were injured in the line of duty. They have Dan Pearl's computer and his last US Passport. They have a pillowcase on which a dying journalist scribbled "Tell my family I love them," just before he died.

The Newseum is located at Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street, N.W., Washington, DC (from their website) and the map shows it just a few blocks from the Capitol building.

http://www.newseum.org/plan_visit/about.aspx?item=plan_directions&style=d

I recall from the broadcast the building cost something like 400 million dollars and I'm not clear on where they got the money, but they did say from multiple sources. I think it will be a great place for us to put on our agendas when we visit DC for our DemFest in August.

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Dear Michelle –

Word has it that recently you had trouble coming up with examples of things that have made you proud of our country; that, in fact, the only thing that has made you proud of your country in your adult life is your husband’s run for president, which certainly can’t be true. So, since you and I are about the same age (I’m 43, you’re 44), and even though I am a Hillary Clinton "partisan", I thought that I would let you know some of the things in our adulthood that have made me proud of my country (and my party) in hopes this might jog your memory.  Below is just a sampling.

1980: U.S. hockey team defeats the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid. "Do you believe in miracles?!"

1984: Geraldine Ferraro becomes the first female nominee for vice-president of a major party -- the Democratic party.

1989/1990: The Berlin Wall falls/the Soviet Union collapses. Yes, I do believe in miracles!

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