SI Celebrates with Birthday Party on Mall

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Summary

The Smithsonian Institution celebrates it 150th Anniversary, or sesquicentennial, with a Birthday Party on the Mall on August 10-11, 1996. The festivities include 23 pavilions which stretched from 3rd Street to 14th Street and represented all the museums and several research facilities and offices; the Smithsonian 150th commemorative coin is unveiled; the new Castle tower bell is dedicated and rung for the first time; the evening of the 10th there is a concert and fireworks over the Castle and the Washington Monument.

Subject

  • 150th Birthday Party on the Mall (Event)
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • Birthday Party on the Mall (Event)
  • Sesquicentennial of the Smithsonian Institution (Event)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Reference File, "The Torch," August 1996, 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 10-11, 1996

Topic

  • Bells
  • Festivals
  • Anniversaries
  • Commemorative coins
  • Concerts
  • Fireworks
  • Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)

Place

  • Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)
  • Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)

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