What harbgers of the future of public history the US rid the mid-1990s fight over the meang of the Enola Gay?
Contents:
- CONTROVERSY OVER THE ENOLA GAY EXHIBN
- THE SMHSONIAN’S DECISN TO EXHIB THE ‘ENOLA GAY’
- HISTORIANS PROTT NEW ENOLA GAY EXHIB
CONTROVERSY OVER THE ENOLA GAY EXHIBN
For the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Natnal Air and Space Mm proposed a ntroversial exhibn that displayed the Enola Gay. * enola gay exhibit controversy *
For the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Natnal Air and Space Mm (NASM) proposed an exhibn that would clu displayg the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortrs that was ed to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.
Enola Gay, after the war. Followg World War II, the Enola Gay had been moved around om lotn to lotn. In 1961, the Enola Gay was fully disassembled and moved to the Pl E.
THE SMHSONIAN’S DECISN TO EXHIB THE ‘ENOLA GAY’
The veterans formed “the Commtee for the Rtoratn and Proud Display of the Enola Gay” to raise funds. Lenthal, who was on the advisory board of the Enola Gay exhib.
HISTORIANS PROTT NEW ENOLA GAY EXHIB
This visn clud his nsc cisn to display the Enola Gay.