President Obama today said today that the nation's new African-American history museum opening in Washington, D.C., "tells a story of America that hasn’t always taken a front seat in our national narrative."
The president spoke on his weekly radio address in advance of his and the first lady's attending the opening today of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Obama has visited the museum twice ahead of its official opening. On Sept. 14, the first family got a private sneak preview of the museum, and this week the president and first lady told "Good Morning America's" Robin Roberts of the museum's significance to children across the country.
“What I think you want is for this generation of kids to come away thinking, ‘Yeah, everybody can do everything,’ that if you're a little white boy or a little white girl, little black boy, little black girl, a Latino, Asian, if you grow up and you are gay or straight, if you are disabled, that you're empowered,” he said.
Also to be in attendance at the opening Saturday are former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush. It was Bush who in 2003 signed into law a bill to move forward with the building of the museum. Construction broke ground on the National Mall in 2012.
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