Nancy Pelosi Donates Speakers Gavel and Other Objects to Smithsonian (March 7, 2018)

The first women Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) donated several items from her Jan. 4, 2007 swearing in ceremony as Speaker to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in a special donation ceremony on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 in Washington D.C.

Nancy Pelosi
On display at the Smithsonian are outfits representing historic women "firsts" including (left) the outfit that Marian Anderson wore for her historic 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial; the U.S. Army mess dress uniform worn by Brigadier General Anna Mae Hays; Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's robe; and astronaut Sally Ride's spacesuit. These provided the backdrop as the first women Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) donated several items from her swearing in ceremony as Speaker to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in a special donation ceremony on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 in Washington D.C. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Nancy Pelosi
The first women Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) donated several items from her swearing in ceremony as Speaker to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in a special donation ceremony on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 in Washington D.C. These included her gavel and the original speech she gave from January 4, 2007. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Nancy Pelosi
The first women Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) donated several items from her swearing in ceremony as Speaker to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in a special donation ceremony on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 in Washington D.C. These included her gavel and the original speech she gave, and the tally sheet electing her Speaker on January 4, 2007. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

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