Ford Signs Legislation for Mall Site

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Summary

President Ford signs legislation approved by the 94th Congress reserving for Smithsonian public purposes a site on the mall east of the National Air and Space Museum. This site will later be set aside for the National Museum of the American Indian.

Subject

  • Ford, Gerald R. 7/14/1913-12/26/2006
  • National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) George Gustav Heye Center
  • National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Torch, 9/1975, p. 1

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

August 9, 1975

Topic

New Museums

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