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• RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture Opens Feb. 8 at the National Portrait Gallery

  - 2008-01-10

  To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Bethany Bentley of Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, +1-202-633-8293 WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- LL Cool J, Erykah Badu, Common and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are just a few of the hip hop artists featured in paintings and photographs in RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and...

  Tags: exhibition, MARKETING, photograph, Smithsonian Institution

• Feathers, beaks, feet and … "snarge?"

  - 2006-10-01

  OK, before we get started, I need to warn you that this may get just a little bit graphic. We're going to discuss mangling birds and other wildlife with our aircraft or other means, then we're going to talk about picking up the little bloody pieces of meat, feathers and...

  Tags: aircraft, feather, Manufacturing, photograph, Smithsonian Institution

• 3 Utah photos at Smithsonian

  - 2006-09-25

  WASHINGTON -- Dinosaur footprints, pictographs and a Pony Express station illustrate the cultural aspects of Utah's federal lands in a photography exhibit on display in Washington, D.C. The 21-piece exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution features three photos taken on Utah's federal lands. "America's Priceless Heritage: Snapshots in Time"...

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• Photo Advisory: Virginia Indian Chiefs to Mark 400th Jamestown Anniversary with U.K. Visit

  - 2006-07-13

  News Advisory: -- Virginia Indian Chiefs to Mark 400th Jamestown Anniversary with U.K. Visit -- D.C. "Departure Ceremony" to feature ceremonial dance, interview opportunity about trip WHO: Eight Virginia Indian Chiefs and delegation of 60 Virginia Indians, representing the Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Monacan Indian Nation, Nansemond, Pamunkey, Rappahannock and...

  Tags: dance, England, photograph, Smithsonian Institution, U.K.

• National Trust to Announce America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places on Wednesday, May 10 at 10 A.M.

  - 2006-05-09

  News Advisory: WHAT: The National Trust for Historic Preservation will announce its annual list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places with a photo opportunity directly following the National Press Club announcement. This year's list includes historic sites in communities across the country that give testimony to the American experience....

  Tags: America, photograph, Smithsonian Institution

• T.R.'s bully shot.(Flashback)

  - 2005-09-01

  Soon after leaving the U.S. Presidency in 1909, Theodore Roosevelt left for Africa. He'd pledged a "fine collection" of wildlife trophies to the Smithsonian Institution. Though his request for funding noted, "I am not in the least a game butcher," thousands of animals were killed on...

  Tags: Africa, Games, photograph, Smithsonian Institution

• Thou Shalt Not Commit Religion

  - 2005-07-04

  To put the Supreme Court's recent ban on the Ten Commandments display in perspective, here is a small sampling of other speech that has been funded in whole or in part by taxpayers:* Graphic videos demonstrating how to put a condom on and pep talks by "Planned Parenthood educators"-Sex education...

  Tags: infant, photograph, Smithsonian Institution

• Celebrating the Indian way of life.(National Museum of the American Indian)

  - 2005-06-22

  The day of opening ceremonies at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC dawned beautiful and cloudless. Little did I know that it would also turn out to be a life-changing experience. My friend Joan Staples White Earth Chippewa and I boarded...

  Tags: ceremony, dress, museum, photograph, Smithsonian Institution, Wisconsin

• Protect Wild Dolphins Specialty License Plate Program Distributes Nearly $430,000 in Grants; Photo Available

  - 2004-08-04

  FT. PIERCE, Fla., Aug. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- This week, the Protect Wild Dolphins specialty license plate program is distributing nearly $430,000 in funds generated through plate sales to institutions around the state and beyond. The money will support six new or ongoing dolphin research programs by the Smithsonian Institution,...

  Tags: Benefits, Florida, Florida State University, HEALTHCARE, photograph, plate, SALES, Smithsonian Institution, SOFTWARE, University of North Carolina

• Bringing Chesapeake Bay Tradition to the Nation; Photo Available

  - 2004-06-16

  WASHINGTON, June 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Joy Parks, one of the few remaining Chesapeake Bay skipjacks, will bring the Chesapeake Bay's maritime tradition to the National Mall as part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival taking place June 23-27 and June 30- July 4, in Washington, D.C. The 65-foot, 1936...

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