News You Can Use: Newseum Opens April 11

In happy news for all news-lovers - the Freedom Forum's Newseum will open on my best friend's birthday: April 11, 2008.

The Newseum used to reside in Rosslyn, VA, until the Freedom Forum bought this cushy piece of property on Pennsylvania Avenue in amazing Washington, DC. I've passed the Museum, which was under construction three blocks from my work for the two years I lived in DC, about a thousand times. It's beautiful.

Inscribed on the Pennsylvania Avenue side of the Newseum are some of the most beautiful words ever: The First Amendment:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Inside you can pretend to be a newscaster, learn about journalists during war and see hundreds of current front pages from newspapers around the world (they change daily!).

I can't wait to visit the Newseum, for what I'll see and what I'll be supporting: Those amazing, powerful words right above the front door.