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  • June 17 Saturday

    Washington, DC - 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT

    Juneteenth Family Day

    Marching band

    Celebrate Juneteenth—the annual holiday commemorating the end of legal slavery in the United States—with family-friendly art-making and activities in the Boeing Learning Center.

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    Washington, DC - 2:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. EDT

    The Lady Bird Diaries

    Lady Bird and Lyndon Johnson at a desk

    A new documentary uses personal audio diaries recorded by Lady Bird Johnson to reveal the First Lady as an astute observer and savvy political strategist.

  • July 1 Saturday

    Washington, DC - 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT

    National Treasure Hunt: One Step Short of Crazy

    book cover of "National Treasure Hunt: One Step Short of Crazy"

    Aubrey Paris and Emily Black, hosts of the "National Treasure Hunt" podcast, undertake a scene-by-scene analysis of the 2004 film "National Treasure."

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    Washington, DC - 5:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. EDT

    National Treasure

    National Treasure movie poster

    This 2004 hit movie features Nicolas Cage as treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates, who must steal the Declaration of Independence to keep it from falling into the wrong hands.

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