The Boston Globe to Host the Newseum's Mobile Exhibit; NewsCapade to visit Boston July 12-15.BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 1999-- The Boston Globe announced today that it will co-host the Boston visit of the NewsCapade with Al Neuharth, a mobile exhibit created by The Newseum, the world's only interactive museum of news. Newseum's NewsCapade with Al Neuharth will be open to the public at Boston National Historical Park Boston National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table). on The Freedom Trail (next to the USS USS abbr. 1. United States Senate 2. United States ship USS abbr (= United States Ship) → Namensteil von Schiffen der Kriegsmarine Constitution) Monday, July 12 through Thursday, July 15 from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Admission is free. The NewsCapade is visiting 31 cities in 22 states across the US from April through December. It is being located in Boston with the assistance of the Boston National Historical Park and The Freedom Trail Foundation. One of the largest mobile museum exhibitions on tour, the Newscapade is put together by joining two custom-designed 53-foot trailers, creating a vaulted pavilion with nearly 2,000 square feet of space. The trailers are supported by a bus that serves as a mobile command center The Mobile Command Center, or MCC for short, is a fictional vehicle from , a series of military-themed toys from Hasbro. It is part of the 1987 edition of the toyline. It is the mobile land base of the G.I. Joe Team. for the tour. The exhibit contains many items, including three films and videos: "What's News?", "Breaking News," and "Flaws of the Press." Displays of news artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. , front pages, and historic photos, along with interactive activities for people of all ages, are also part of the exhibit. Among the artifacts on display are a fragment of the Berlin Wall; a homemade home·made adj. 1. Made or prepared in the home: homemade pie. 2. Made by oneself. 3. Crudely or simply made. Adj. 1. Romanian press used by Romanian dissidents in 1988; and the microphone used by Tokyo Rose Tokyo Rose: see D'Aquino, Iva Toguri. Tokyo Rose orig. Ikuko Toguri (born July 4, 1916, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.) U.S. broadcaster. She was visiting Japan when she was stranded at the outbreak of World War II. in World War II. Historical items from The Boston Globe and the National Park Service will also be on exhibit. The NewsCapade is funded by The Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan, international foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. For more information, visit the website www.newseum.org. |
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