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The second Bicentennial exhibition, [[underlined]]The Americas[[/underlined]], will concentrate on the other countries of the Americas -- the richness of design, crafts, and the decorative arts during the period around 1776. It will explore the European roots common to us all, showing the similarities but describing the cultural uniqueness of our very near neighbors who used much of the same material in very different ways. Some 200 objects of furniture, silver, ceramics, and architectural elements, as well as both folk and sophisticated art forms will be shown.

VI. [[underlined]]The Revolutionary Period[[/underlined]]

The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is planning a series of three exhibitions which will deal with the Revolutionary period itself. The purpose is to bring to the history of the period a sense of personal reality through a biographical approach -- the study of individuals who were caught up in the train of events or who sparked or participated in incidents which gave momentum to the cause of independence. Scholarly monographs, plus secondary educational booklets, teaching guides, and slide sets will be created around each exhibition and distributed throughout the country.

[[underlined]]In the Minds and the Hearts of the People, 1760-1774[[/underlined]], the first of the three special Bicentennial exhibitions, will open in June 1974. This exhibition will set the historical stage for the Revolutionary period, identifying the personalities involved and the events that occurred. The second exhibition is scheduled for the spring of 1975 and will cover the period from the military engagements at Lexington and Concord to the adoption by the Second Continental Congress of the Declaration of Independence. American history following that declaration will be the subject of the third exhibition planned for the spring of 1976. 

VII. [[underlined]]City with a Plan[[/underlined]]

In the Great Hall of the old Smithsonian Institution Building, an exhibition on the development of the Federal City is planned. It will focus on the architectural and planning history of the Mall area from 1776 to the present with particular emphasis on the major periods of change. Through historical models, maps, photographs, plans, and other related objects, the visitor will be able to see the development along the central Mall axis of the Nation's Capital, how it came to look as it does today, and what some of the elements in planning a city are.