{"id":373,"date":"2011-05-13T22:21:33","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T03:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mldixon.com\/historyblog\/?p=373"},"modified":"2011-05-13T22:21:33","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T03:21:33","slug":"helping-to-open-smithsonians-museum-on-main-street-exhibit-in-garrett-county-with-talk-on-mason-dixon-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/helping-to-open-smithsonians-museum-on-main-street-exhibit-in-garrett-county-with-talk-on-mason-dixon-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Open Smithsonian Exhibit in Garrett County With Talk on Mason Dixon Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mldixon.com\/historyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/large_Between_Fences_Logo_01.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-381 alignright\" title=\"large_Between_Fences_Logo_0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mldixon.com\/historyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/large_Between_Fences_Logo_01.jpg?resize=180%2C180\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a>For the arrival of the Smithsonian\u2019s Museum on Main Street  exhibit at the Spruce Forest Artisan Village in Garrett County, I was invited<br \/>\nto do the opening lecture on the Mason-Dixon Line:\u00a0 The Stories Behind a Geographic Boundary.\u00a0 Managed in Maryland by the state Humanities  Council, the project brings rural America prestigious, professionally curated<br \/>\nSmithsonian Exhibits to communities across the nation.\u00a0 \u00a0It was<br \/>\na nice evening in Grantsville talking to a great group of people about the<br \/>\nhistory of the famous line and how it became a symbolic fence.\u00a0 It was also enjoyable to visit this Garrett County destination spot, where there are many fine artisans.\u00a0 This is the third-time I\u2019ve worked with the Smithsonian traveling exhibits.\u00a0 The  first occasion was when Key Ingredients made its way through Maryland.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.museumonmainstreet.org\/museum_on_main_street_blo\/2007\/11\/reinvigorating.html\">Here\u2019s a piece I wrote in August 2007<\/a> for the Smithsonian Blog, Road Reports Across America.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mldixon.com\/historyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dixon-smithsonian082.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-397\" title=\"dixon smithsonian082\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mldixon.com\/historyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dixon-smithsonian082-454x1024.jpg?resize=190%2C430\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"430\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the arrival of the Smithsonian\u2019s Museum on Main Street exhibit at the Spruce Forest Artisan Village in Garrett County, I was invited to do the opening lecture on the Mason-Dixon Line:\u00a0 The Stories Behind a Geographic Boundary.\u00a0 Managed in Maryland by the state Humanities Council, the project brings rural America prestigious, professionally curated Smithsonian&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-programs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Helping Open Smithsonian Exhibit in Garrett County With Talk on Mason Dixon Line - Mike&#039;s History Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I use this blog as a place to share my experiences while practicing the history craft. 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