Bullet casings? Hypodermic needles? Tear gas canisters?
(CNSNews.com) – The National Museum of American History sent representatives out to collect materials from the Occupy Wall Street protests and “its various offshoots” to “document the spirit of American democracy and the American political process,” according to a statement released by the museum which is part of the federally funded Smithsonian Institution.
The Museum is collecting the Occupy materials as part of its “long tradition of documenting how Americans participate in the life of the nation,” the statement says.