9 Stop 9 of 9 on Dead Letters and Cursed Gems

The Reveal

National Mall, Washington DC

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"Alright. Seven stops. Seven fakes. Let's sort them out. Grace Wisher stitching her initials into the ninth stripe of the flag. Fake. Grace was real — she sewed that flag on the brewery floor. The Smithsonian erased her for nearly two hundred years. All true. But the initials? I made that up. A thirteen-year-old girl, stitching the flag that became the national anthem."

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Dead Letters and Cursed Gems

Dead Letters and Cursed Gems

9 stops · 2h 30m

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Tour Stops

Follow the full Dead Letters and Cursed Gems route.

  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 National Museum of American History
  3. 3 National Museum of African American History and Culture
  4. 4 National Museum of Natural History
  5. 5 Smithsonian Castle
  6. 6 National Archives
  7. 7 National Gallery of Art
  8. 8 National Air and Space Museum
  9. 9 The Reveal

Hear the full story at The Reveal

This is just one of 9 stops on the Dead Letters and Cursed Gems tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.

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