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<p>[QUOTE="keemao, post: 1956300, member: 43972"]I remember the old days at the Smithsonian when I was stationed there in late 1969 after Vietnam. Was in Army intelligence and we were spying on all the civilians that had the big sit-ins, etc in the open are there. Ah, the good old days....people wearing American flags at the outdoor concerts they had, lots of pot smoking. (not me, of course..I was still in the Army) </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I loved going to the museums and I remember they had the biggest exhibit of US money and I enjoyed looking at all the stuff I would never own. They also used to have a medical museum that that I believe moved to a base outside of DC....mind is drawing a blank right now....that had preserved specimens of every conceivable part of the body you could imagine, including fetuses at all varying stages and some cool Lincoln stuff from when we was assassinated and other memorable stuff. </p><p><br /></p><p>Could you imagine how absolutely astounding and awesome it would be if they could devote a whole museum to all the money they have in their collection and put it on display?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="keemao, post: 1956300, member: 43972"]I remember the old days at the Smithsonian when I was stationed there in late 1969 after Vietnam. Was in Army intelligence and we were spying on all the civilians that had the big sit-ins, etc in the open are there. Ah, the good old days....people wearing American flags at the outdoor concerts they had, lots of pot smoking. (not me, of course..I was still in the Army) Anyway, I loved going to the museums and I remember they had the biggest exhibit of US money and I enjoyed looking at all the stuff I would never own. They also used to have a medical museum that that I believe moved to a base outside of DC....mind is drawing a blank right now....that had preserved specimens of every conceivable part of the body you could imagine, including fetuses at all varying stages and some cool Lincoln stuff from when we was assassinated and other memorable stuff. Could you imagine how absolutely astounding and awesome it would be if they could devote a whole museum to all the money they have in their collection and put it on display?[/QUOTE]
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