The museum opened on September 24, 2016, with a staff of about 200 people. It would serve as a living symbol of the importance of the nation’s shared history an

The museum opened on September 24, 2016, with a staff of about 200 people. It would serve as a living symbol of the importance of the nation’s shared history and the joy of celebrating a journey begun by African American Civil War veterans in 1915 who sought to get a museum built on the National Mal…