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BEAM SIGNING Friday and Saturday 10 to 7. Line up to add your signature to one of the steel beams that will be used to construct the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 888-639-7386 or http:/
SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL Friday-Sunday 11 to 5:30. Visitors to the 43rd annual festival can learn about oral traditions in African American culture, explore music and its meaning in Latino culture and experience the culture of Wales. The Mall, between Jefferson Drive and 12th Street. 202-633-1000 or http:/
NATIVE SKATE JAM Friday-Sunday 12 and 2. Watch young skateboarders jam and demonstrate why skating is quickly becoming the most popular sport among Native Americans. National Museum of the American Indian, Rasmuson Theater, Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000 or http:/
WHAT'S IN YOUR ATTIC? Friday at noon. Mary Evans, an education specialist at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, discusses "What's in Your Attic?" National Archives, Constitution Avenue and Seventh Street NW. 202-357-5000 or http:/
V-MAIL IS SPEED MAIL Friday 1 to 3. Learn about WWII Victory Mail, how letters from the front got home and the role microfilm played. National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE. 202-633-5555 or http:/
CANAL BOAT RIDE Saturday 11 to 4. Take a ride from Georgetown to Fletcher's Cove and back on a canal boat that features storytelling and historical music. C&O Canal, Georgetown Visitor Center, 1057 Thomas Jefferson St. NW. 202-653-5190. $5 one-way, $8 round trip. Reservations strongly recommended.
STAR-SPANGLED BANNER Saturday and Sunday at 12:15, through Sept. 6. A lecture on the history of our national anthem. C&O Canal, Georgetown Visitor Center, 1057 Thomas Jefferson St. NW. 202-653-5190. Free.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS SPEECH Sunday at 1. Reenactor Kevin McIlvaine delivers the speech, originally given by the abolitionist on July 5, 1852, that focused on the failure of the Declaration of Independence to fulfill its promise to provide freedom for African Americans. Frederick Douglass Home, 1411 W St. SE. 202-426-5961. Free.
PATRIOTS, STATESMEN AND HEROES IN ART Sunday at 1:30. A tour of presidents, American heroes, inventors and others in stained glass, needlepoint and carvings. Washington National Cathedral, Wisconsin and Massachusetts avenues NW. 202-537-5700 or http:/
JEAN SHIN Tuesday at 6. Artist Jean Shin, curator Joanna Marsh and conservator Hugh Shockey discuss the challenges and considerations for museums in preserving art made of ephemeral materials. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F streets NW. 202-633-1000 or http:/
