The Smithsonian and the Enola Gay.

From: The National Interest | Date: June 22, 1995| Author: Washburn, Wilcomb E. | Copyright information

A plan to exhibit the Enola Gay at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum (NASM) renewed debates about the morality of the bombing of Hiroshima, which ended World War II at the cost of thousands of civilian lives. The plan has also focused attention on the changing role of the NASM. Originally a museum that celebrates the technical achievements of Americans, the NASM has become in the 1990s a venue for critical and interpretive exhibits highlighting social issues. Public ...

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