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After being elected President of the United States in 1960, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kennedy announced their change of address to the first home starting January 20, 1961.
The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden, an ongoing exhibition, plores the personal, public, ceremonial and executive actions of the 43 men who have had a huge impact on the course of history in the past 200 years. More than 900 objects, including national treasures from the Smithsonian’s vast presidential collections, bring to life the role of the presidency in American culture.
The National Museum of American History (NMAH), administered by the Smithsonian Institute, collects, preserves and displays American heritage in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history. The museum, which first opened in 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology, is located on the National Mall in one of the last structures designed by McKim, Mead & White. It was renamed in 1980, and closed for a 2-year, $85 million renovation by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP from 2006 to 2008.
The Smithsonian Institution, an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazines, was established in 1846. Although concentrated in Washington DC, its collection of over 136 million items is spread through 19 museums, a zoo, and nine research centers from New York to Panama.
I don't know what kind of tree that is across the street, but I do love its color. Maybe it's a crabapple?
Hudson, Ohio, USA, April 2006.
12 years ago I started to renovate this 200 year old worker's cottage near Bradford on Avon Wiltshire. Now I'm on the move again. I will miss this place, so much has happened here from the age of 21. Video nights, romantic fire lit evenings. Dinner parties, daft parties. Friends stopping over. Arguments, break ups. demolition, rebuilding, decorating, burst water pipes creating floods. Stress & fun times.
It's all change, hopefully for the better back in Bristol where friends are.
Here's to a new life full of promise & hopefully better times.
Goodbye Rhodes Cottage........