Next on American History tv. We visit a hiroshima nagasaki atomic bomb exhibit in washington d. C. This american Artifacts Program was recorded in 2015. , hi im peter cousin a kick. And the professor of history and director of american universities Nuclear Studies institute. I began our institute back in 1995. Institute was born in the middle east midst of a controversy. I was gonna be held at the air and space museum of the smithsonian. This was an attempt by the smithsonian to do an honest and balanced to is this exhibit over the decision to drop the atomic bomb. This was the 50th anniversary. In the midst of that, i decided with one of my students whose mother and grandmother survived the atomic bombing it hiroshima. Her grandfather died in the atomic bombing. We decided we would do Something Special to commemorate the 50th anniversary. So we were gonna teach two courses here on campus and bring students here to kyoto and hiroshima. While we were planning, this the smithsonian exhib