250 Years of American Genius and Skullduggery
Woody Guthrie, Portrait of President George Washington , 1938. Courtesy of American Song Archives, Woody Guthrie Center, Tulsa Anyone reeling at our President's attempts to rewrite history could do worse than to check out the Huntington's tribute to America's 250th birthday. "This Land Is…" is an original document-based view of the nation's first 250 years, free of MAGA meddling and drawn largely from the Huntington's extensive holdings of American history and literature. Organized thematically, it adds up to something less than a full itinerary of wars and Presidents. Yet throughout it's surprising, thought-provoking, and often entertaining. C.F. Martin & Co. guitar owned and inscribed by Woody Guthrie, 1936. Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle Woody Guthrie. The exhibition takes its title from Woody Guthrie's 1944 folk song. The centerpiece is a guitar that the performer inscribed with the words "This machine kills fascists." It was pl...
