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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