A 185‑year‑old diary is the center of the Anacostia Community Museum’s new exhibit

A 185‑year‑old diary is the center of the Anacostia Community Museum’s new exhibit

After being closed since January, the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum will reopen on Saturday with a new exhibition, “We Make History,” which highlights the many ways people have documented and preserved the stories of their neighborhoods and the District. The exhibit opens on the 185th anniversary of the Plummer family diary, “likely the only example of a multi-generational diary started by an enslaved person in the United States,” Act…