Museums: National Postal Museum #2

Washington, D.C. has gone crazy for the musical Hamilton.  The Broadway blockbuster play has arrived for a three month run at the Kennedy Center.  Ticket prices are very high for D.C.  Nevertheless, the run is nearly sold out.

In connection with Hamilton's arrival, the National Postal Museum is capitalizing on Hamilton-mania by hosting an exhibit about Alexander Hamilton.

The exhibit features some Hamilton artifacts, including some letters from Alexander Hamilton and a copy of a 1794 bust of Hamilton (at age 39).  

The centerpiece of the exhibit are two dueling pistols.  The pistols are believed to be the ones used by Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton in their 1804 duel.  The story of the duel is recounted below.

 

If Burr had been honorable like Hamilton and intentionally wasted his shot, perhaps U.S. history would have been different and perhaps the Kennedy Center would hosting the Broadway hit musical Burr.