Posts Tagged ‘hat’
Farrah Fawcett’s swimsuit heads to the Smithsonian
Children of the 1970s will remember this poster. A carefree Farrah Fawcett — all limbs and tan and bouncy bountiful hair — flashing her million dollar smile at the camera. The poster was a staple on walls everywhere…
As of Wednesday, on what would have been her 64th birthday, the poster — along with the original red one-piece Fawcett wore — are part of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History’s collection…
“They asked her years ago for the bathing suit,” said longtime companion Ryan O’Neal… “So it was always in her plan.”
OK, it’s not Aretha’s hat, but it’s still important news.
School: Little army men on patriotic hat pose weapons risk
Superintendent: “…find an alternative to a weapon.”
Christan Morales said her son just wanted to honor American troops when he wore a hat to school decorated with an American flag and small plastic Army figures.
But the school banned the hat because it ran afoul of the district’s zero-tolerance weapons policy. Why? The toy soldiers were carrying tiny guns…
Morales’ 8-year-old son, David, had been assigned to make a hat for the day when his second-grade class would meet their pen pals from another school. She and her son came up with an idea to add patriotic decorations to a camouflage hat.
“Nothing was being done to limit patriotism, creativity, other than find an alternative to a weapon,” [Superintendent Kenneth R. Di Pietro] said.
[Retired commander of the Rhode Island National Guard] Lt. Gen. Reginald Centracchio said he disagreed with the decision to ban the hat…
“The American soldier is armed. That’s why they’re called the armed forces,” he said. “If you’re going to portray it any other way, you miss the point.”
I remember as a kid buying little green army men by the bagfull. I guess that would be considered stashing weapons nowadays.
Let’s face it. Americans don’t get fed up with anything any more.
Smithsonian Wants Aretha’s Hat, But Don’t We All?
There’s just something about that hat.
The famous hat that Aretha Franklin wore to Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration is now of interest to The Smithsonian Institution.
The Smithsonian Institution has asked Franklin if she would donate the now iconic inaugural hat to the museum to become apart of an exhibit dedicated to Obama’s inauguration.
“I am considering it. It would be hard to part with my chapeau since it was such a crowning moment in history,” said Franklin. “I would like to smile every time I look back at it and remember what a great moment it was in American and African-American history.
I like the hat. I like Aretha Franklin. An AJC reader remarked, “”I bought a hat like Aretha had on Tuesday, and wear it around the house. I swear my TV reception is better!”
