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Women, U.S. Currency
Martha Washington, Sacagawea and Susan B. Anthony are the only three women to have been represented on U.S. currency.
Daily Events for Saturday, Feb 2nd, 2013
- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm"Spirits of the Passage" exhibit gallery openThis humbling exhibition explores the circumstances of the transatlantic slave trade, gleaning facts and artifacts from the archaeological excavation of a sunken slave ship. Launching in February in conjunction with Black History Month, "Spirits of the Passage" includes real artifacts from slave ships as well as other period items. Iron shackles (some small enough to restrain a child), ivory tusks and brass bowls are only a few of the objects guests will find. How did the trade get started, who was involved and why did it thrive? These are some of the important questions this exhibition seeks to answer.
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2nd floor, north gallery - 11:45 am - 12:00 pmThe Execution of Anne Boleyn Taken from contemporary accounts, a lady-in-waiting to Henry VIII's second wife and queen, Anne Boleyn, describes the first execution of a member of England's royal family.
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1st Floor Theater - 4:00 pm - 4:15 pmRifleman Harris: 95th RiflesIn his own words, this is the story of a soldier in an elite unit of the British Army during the Peninsula Wars against the French Army of Napoleon I.
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1st Floor Theater
