Later, the fuselage of the Enola Gay and other items were put on display in an exhibit that made no reference to the damage caused by the bombing. Smith II, Lieutenant General, USAF (Retired), AugCorrespondence - Honorable Peter Blute, AugEnola Gay 'Crusaders' World War II Symposium, 1995 Enola Gay Exhibition Papers and Reports, July. In 1994, the museum was planning an Enola Gay exhibit that would focus largely on the destruction and suffering caused by the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and on the historical aftermath, including the Cold War.īut in the face of a storm of protests from World War II veteran groups and politicians over the alleged excessive emphasis on the Japanese victims, the planned exhibition was scrapped in January 1995. Enola Gay Exhibition Records Accession 09-032 of 3 Revision of Enola Gay Script, SeptemCorrespondence - Leo W. Those who signed the petition included Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Joseph Rotblat, novelist Kurt Vonnegut and historian Howard Zinn. The petition urges the museum to change the way of exhibiting the B-29 Superfortress, saying it is inappropriate to display the bomber only in celebration of American technology without mentioning the consequences of the bombing, including the number of casualties. In 1994, preparing for the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the National Air and Space Museum prepared an exhibit that portrayed the United States as engaged in a war of vengeance, against a Japan trying to defend its culture against western. It will announce its response to the petition Friday, an official said Thursday. again Enola Gay on display at NASM's Udvar-Hazy annex. June 1994, A1 Maurice Weaver, Japanese Upset by A-Bomb Exhibition. 15 when its new facility opens near Washington Dulles International Airport. Koenigk, Enola Gay Display Evokes Passion, St. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1994.
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Headlines blare 'NASM Script Offensive' and 'An Insult to Our Veterans.' FullText. Veterans groups protest and bring major revisions to the Smithsonian's planned exhibit on the 50th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshim. introductory materials about either the historical debate, or the Enola Gay exhibit controversy. The World War II Times devotes a large portion of its August-September issue to blasting the exhibit.
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12 1994, with American Legion officials representing the veterans. 'Enola Gay and a Nation's Memories,' by Martin Harwit, Air & Space, August/September 1994: 18-21. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum plans to put the completely reassembled Enola Gay on public display Dec. Memorializing Congress and the President to Cancel the Smithsonian Enola Gay Exhibit.