PRESS 1, TROOPS 0 THE NEWSEUM OPENS IN DC
General • April 2008 • Views: 353
April 11, 2008 — TODAY, the Newseum - a 250,000-square-foot homage to journalism that cost $450 million to build - opens on Pennsylvania Avenue, midway between the White House and the Capitol.
What’s wrong with this picture?
Other than the (symbolic?) fact that the building’s an architectural mishmash, it’s this: There’s no museum in the vicinity of the National Mall dedicated to our military.