Our Daily Bread

The Democratic Convention was over. All the delegates had gone home. But in an obscure storage area at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History the moments were being preserved. Two Smithsonian historians had mingled among the Madison Square Garden crowd, scavenging memorabilia that will evoke the spirit of the convention for many years: Mylar confetti, souvenirs, banners, handmade signs, memories.