CSPAN3 American Artifacts June 22, 2024
Studies institute. I began our institute back in 1995. The institute was born in the midst of the controversy around the enola gay exhibit which was going to be held at the Smithsonian Institution but got canceled. This was an attempt by the smithsonian to do an honest and balanced exhibit about the decision to drop the bomb and the consequence of the atomic bombing. This was in 1995, the 50th anniversary. The smithsonian a civic got canceled. The museum in hiroshima and nagasaki asked to bring some of those artifacts to American University and do an exhibit here on the 50th anniversary. While...