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Dorothy's Ruby Slippers, from the "Wizard of Oz" are seen on display as part of a new exhibit, "American Stories," at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, Wednesday, April 11, 2012. The National Museum of American History will open a new exhibit featuring iconic objects from pop culture along with objects dating back to the Pilgrims' arrival in 1620. "American Stories" will be a new chronology of U.S. history from the first encounters of Europeans and Native Americans to the 2008 presidential election. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin.

By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP).- Dorothy's ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" have a new home with a diverse set of artifacts in a new timeline of American history that includes a piece of Plymouth Rock, a slave ship manifest, Alexander Graham Bell's telephone and Kermit the Frog at the Smithsonian Institution. The National Museum of American History will open the exhibit Thursday featuring iconic objects from pop culture along with items dating to the Pilgrims' arrival in 1620 in Plymouth, Mass. "American Stories" will be a new chronology of U.S. history from the early encounters of Europeans and Native Americans to a Barack Obama campaign button written in Hebrew in the 2008 presidential election. Dorothy's famed shoes ... More