Presidential Waxtravaganza

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Katy Steinmetz for TIME

Opening Day
To celebrate the opening of the exhibit, the wax museum invited local elementary school children from D.C. Nile Speight, 8, checks out Lincoln's hair in the theatre box where the President sits, imitating his final hours.

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