Seige at Washington Monument
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PrintSmithsonian buildings are evacuated at 1 p.m. because of a bomb threat at the Washington Monument. SI buildings away from the Mall, as well as the National Gallery of Art, remain open during the incident.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, "The Torch," January 1983, p. 1, 12.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
December 8, 1982