Smithsonian wants Aretha's Detroit-made hat

The Smithsonian has asked Aretha Franklin to donate her inauguration day hat.

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So will Franklin donate the famous chapeau, which rocketed Detroit milliner Luke Song of Moza Inc., 6513 Woodward, in Detroit's New Center, to worldwide fame (and a lot of sales)?

"I am considering it," Franklin said in a statement. "It would be hard to part with my chapeau since it was such a crowning moment in history. I would like to smile every time I look back at it and remember what a great moment it was in American and African-American history.

"Ten cheers for President Obama."

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