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Each Saturday (9/2 and 9/9) from 10am – 2pm there will be kid zone activities

<p>Join us each year in the fall in Washington DC to celebrate and enjoy the nation&rsquo;s automotive icons.&nbsp;</p>


<p>Sharing America&rsquo;s automotive heritage is an integral part of ensuring it is never lost or forgotten. Through our annual Cars at the Capital exhibition on the National Mall, vehicles added to the National Historic Vehicle Register are exhibited in a beautifully lit glass enclosure one at a time.</p>


Cars at the Capital

Take a look at past events!

Week 1

Herb Thomas built a legendary reputation at the wheel of this Hudson Hornet. The Hudson story lives on today through the Pixar Cars franchise that recalls Herb’s domination in the early days of NASCAR.

1952 Hudson Hornet (7B-185596) “Fabulous Hudson Hornet,” Raced by Herb Thomas

Week 2

Chrysler built just 55 of these groundbreaking cars. Part of the company’s decades long effort to develop a mass-market gas-turbine powered automobile, Chrysler loaned them out in an unprecedented public test program.

Chrysler Corporation Turbine Car (Serial No. 9912-31)