Do you really think that in the US, we already have enough history museums? Well, our president has just done something for us...
The Star-Spangled Banner is so threadbare you can see through tattered sections of its bold stripes and bright stars to the table on which it rests at the overhauled National Museum of American History opening this week.
The museum, which draws millions of visitors, has been closed for more than two years while it underwent an $85 million facelift. It will reopen to the public Friday with a three-day festival.
Once overlooked by some visitors as it hung near the museum entrance, the nearly 200-year-old flag that inspired the words of the national anthem is now the centerpiece of the reinvented museum. The flag gallery's carefully controlled climate will help preserve the fragile fabric that has deteriorated over time.
