BGuthrie Photos: Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: Reopening ceremony (2008)

Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: Reopening ceremony (2008):

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Description of Pictures: After a two-year, $85 million renovation, the National Museum of American History reopened on November 21.

Speakers for the event were:
- Brent D. Glass, director, National Museum of American History
- Kathy Brown, senior vice president, Verizon Communications
- G. Wayne Clough, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
- Gen. Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret) the former Secretary of State, reading Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address"
- Kenneth E. Behring, donor and philanthropist

Afterward, there were presentations by reenactors including:
- George Washington
- Dorothy from Wizard of Oz (who actually sang)
- Various period bands
- R2D2
- Lots of period soldiers

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SIAHCE_081121_155.JPG: Kenneth E. Behring, donor and philanthropist
2. SIAHCE_081121_180.JPG: Colin Powell
3. SIAHCE_081121_300.JPG: Brent Glass
4. SIAHCE_081121_322.JPG: Cassie Okenka, who plays Dorothy in the stage production of "The Wizard of Oz.", is on the right.
5. SIAHCE_081121_402.JPG: Colin Powell followed by G. Wayne Clough, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution.
6. SIAHCE_081121_424.JPG: Presentation of the colors
7. SIAHCE_081121_491.JPG: Kathy Brown, senior vice president, Verizon Communications
8. SIAHCE_081121_511.JPG: G. Wayne Clough, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
9. SIAHCE_081121_561.JPG: Gen. Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret) the former Secretary of State, reading Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address"
10. SIAHCE_081121_571.JPG: Despite his massive screw-up in supporting the invasion of Iraq, I respected Colin Powell who passed on October 18, 2021. His State Department was the only major agency that promoted Earth Day during the Baby Bush administration. And having been deceived by lies leading up to the Iraqi invasion and the target of systemic racism all his life, he endorsed Joe Biden over child president Trump, who governed by lies, in 2020. Powell is seen here during the reopening of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History building in 2008.
11. SIAHCE_081121_590.JPG: Kenneth E. Behring, donor and philanthropist
12. SIAHCE_081121_620.JPG: Ribbon-cutting for reopening of Smithsonian American History Museum
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- Behring, Kenneth appears on:
  - 2008_DC_SIAH_Day1_081121 Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: Reopening day inside
- Clough, Wayne appears on:
  - 2015_DC_SI_Secretary_151019 Smithsonian Installation of David J. Skorton as 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution @ Arts and Industries Bldg
  - 2014_DC_Anthem_140614 Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: Raise It Up! Anthem for America -- Misc
  - 2013_DC_SI_Volunteer_130408 Smithsonian Volunteer Appreciation Reception @ Ripley Center
  - 2012_DC_SSHP_121218 Smithsonian -- Smithsonian Staff Holiday Party (2012) @ Reynolds Center
  - 2012_DC_STN_120928 Smithsonian Teachers' Night (2012) @ Donald Reynolds Center
  - 2012_VA_SIAIRVA_WD_TC_Pos_120419 Udvar-Hazy Center -- Event: Welcome Discovery Festival -- Transfer Ceremony -- Post-event
  - 2012_VA_SIAIRVA_WD_TC_C_120419 Udvar-Hazy Center -- Event: Welcome Discovery Festival -- Transfer Ceremony -- Event
  - 2012_VA_SIAIRVA_WD_TC_Pre_120419 Udvar-Hazy Center -- Event: Welcome Discovery Festival -- Transfer Ceremony -- Pre-event
  - 2011_DC_SSHP_111213 Smithsonian -- Smithsonian Staff Holiday Party (2011) @ Reynolds Center
  - 2011_DC_ExperimentO_110714 Reynolds Center -- Event: Opening Reception -- Great American Experiment Exhibit (donor event)
  - ...More (List all 18 pages with this person)...
- Glass, Brent appears on:
  - 2023_DC_SIPG_Bldg DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
  - 2019_DC_Moment_Pre_191124 DC -- Moment Magazine's 2019 Gala and Awards Dinner @ National Press Club -- Pre-dinner mingling
  - 2018_DC_Moment_Dinner_181111 DC -- Moment Magazine's 2018 Gala and Awards Dinner @ National Press Club -- Dinner and Post-Event Mingling
  - 2018_DC_NBF_Monumental_180901 Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Panel: Monumental Decisions w/Kirk Savage, Kristin Ann Hass, Brent D. Glass, and James Reston Jr.
  - 2017_DC_USCHS_Showcase_170912 USCHS -- Freedom Award (2017) -- Showcase to Honor Congress for its Support of the Humanities
  - 2012_DC_Lady_Bird_121206 Natl Archives -- Panel -- Tribute to Lady Bird Johnson
  - 2007_DC_SIPG_Opening_071118 Reynolds Center -- Event: Opening -- Kogod Courtyard (2007) -- Events
  - 2010_DC_STN_101022 Smithsonian Teachers' Night (2010) @ Natl Museum of American History
  - 2010_DC_FenceR_100401 Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Donor Event :Remembering the Running Fence
  - 2010_DC_FNA_100128 Foundation for the Natl Archives -- "Fighting for Democracy" opening (w/Daniel Inouye and George Takei)
  - ...More (List all 25 pages with this person)...
- Powell, Colin appears on:
  - 2014_DC_HP_Powell_140402 4th Annual HP Software Government Summit -- Colin Powell keynote
  - 2014_MD_SAS_Powell_140324 SAS Global Forum Executive Conference @ National Harbor -- Colin Powell keynote
  - 2012_DC_Powell_120529 Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Gen. Colin Powell ("It Worked For Me") w/Robert Siegel
  - 2011_DC_WHCD_110430 DC -- White House Correspondent's Dinner (2011)
  - 2010_DC_Honors_101205 DC -- Kennedy Center -- Kennedy Center Honors (2010)
  - 2004_DC_Earth_Day_Main_040422 Dept of State -- Earth Day (2004) with Colin Powell
  - 2000_DC_LOC200_000424 Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Living Legends Bicentennial Ceremony
  - 2005_DC_Powell_050427 DC -- Cognos Expo -- Colin Powell
  - 2003_DC_Earth_Day_030422 Dept of State -- Earth Day (2003) with Colin Powell and birds
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