In other words, he wanted to put on display exhibits and topics that would go under “public debates” and one of his visions was to put the Enola Gay up on display. In 1987, NASM brought on a new directory, Martin Harwit, who had a vision that the museum should move in the direction of being a “public conscience”. Between 19, The Smithsonian proposed that the anniversary was important with its mission and philosophy. This begun a vehement controversy over history and its historical narratives. How do we remember a war that we won? On the 50 th anniversary of the ending of World War II, NASM proposed an exhibition that would display the B-29 Ebola Gay, the aircraft that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima.
