we did not give enough thought to the intense feelings. that the nation would honor and commemorate their valor and sacrifice. Veterans and their families were expecting. Michael Heyman of the Smithsonian Institution announced that the world's most popular museum, the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in Washington, had-decided to replace an exhibition it had been planning since 1988, 'The Last Act: The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War 11,' with a smaller display that eschewed controversy and 'interpretation.' He explained: 'We made a basic error in attempting to couple an historical treatment of the use of atomic weapons with the 50th anniversary commemoration of the end of the war. History after the Enola Gay Controversy: An Introduction