SMITHSONIAN EXHIBIT 'AMERICANS'

 Americans, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street and the National Museum of the American Indian, explores how deeply intertwined American Indians are in the culture of the United States. The images of Indians that Americans see daily, and the examples presented in this exhibition, offer a new way of understanding a few familiar events, including the story behind the Thanksgiving holiday, the legacy of Pocahontas, the Trail of Tears, and the Battle at Little Bighorn. Together, these stories offer an optimistic and provocative way to understand American history and the American present. Like the ubiquitous images of Indians, they give us the power to see into the country’s deepest foundations and remind us that Indians are an integral part of American history, culture, and identity. 

Indigenous People of Marlboro County is our local exhibit accompanying Americans. We look at the earliest inhabitants of the land we now call Marlboro County, from prehistoric to modern times. It will be available for viewing alongside Americans.