The American History Museum: DC

The American History Museum is one of the Smithsonian Museums, and one of the first ones I went to while here in DC.  Like I said before, all the Smithsonian Museums have SO MUCH information.  I always start off strong, and then a few hours in, my mind is just overwhelmed with information.
They have a really awesome exhibit happening right now all about the flag that inspired the Star Spangled Banner.  It's the original flag that was made and flew over the fort where Francis Scott Key is said to have watched from a far as he wrote the lyrics to our national anthem.  The flag is not in great shape, and is in really low lighting to help preserve it.  It was a HUGE flag.  You couldn't take pictures, which is why I don't have any to show you, but it was a pretty cool museum.

They had lots of items on display from our pop culture.  I saw a puppet of Kermit, Bob Dylan's jacket, costumes and props from various popular America movies.  They had a lot of information on different wars with lots and lots of uniforms, weapons, etc.  Lots of information on all of our Presidents, all sorts of different, very interesting exhibits.

The Ruby Slippers from the Wizard of Oz

Kermit!

It's cool, Bill Clinton was just playing some cards on my birthday back in 1998. 

One of my favorite exhibits in the museum was the one they had on the First Ladies.  They had a ton of the Ladies Inauguration Dresses on Display.  That was really fun to see!  Michelle Obama's was stunning!

First Lady Lincoln's dress

A very cool museum, and definitely worth a visit!