Star-Spangled Banner

So there's also a star-spangled banner exhibit in the Museum of American History.

The original flag from the Battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812 is on display in this exhibit... The one that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star-Spangled Banner, is present and accounted for... minus one of it's 15 stars and about 12 feet of stripes that were given away as keepsakes.

The outside of the exhibit is pictured here.

Rainy Days => Museum Daze

Today we went to the museum of American History. It was pretty fabulous. the facade is pretty cool with a nice sculpture of i don't know what :-)








there's exhibits and photos of different types of transportation and significant points in transportation history. Everything is life-sized and walk-in. below is a walk-in old-school-styled elevator.



here's a sign from the edge of the pennsylvania turnpike.
















We spent most of our time in the transportation and technology exhibit on the lower level. there was a walk-in diagram of an old-school bus that vibrated.



a video inside played an advertisement extolling the virtues of public transportation. the weird reflection in the plexi-glass is the reflection of the black & white video behind the glass.


here's a picture from another walk-through exhibit featuring this diagram





and here's some people i found along the side of the road:

the photos from my camera (not my camera in my phone... these are taken from my phone) will be in a gallery that i'll put up when i get back home.