They never took a dime of President Obama's costly and massive auto bailout, but Uncle Sam can't say the same about tapping the generosity of Ford Motor Company.
In a reversal rich with recession irony, Ford on Thursday provided $500,000 to the Smithsonian Institution to expand the kid-friendly Spark!Lab at the National Museum of American History and its Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Ford's donation announced at the Washington Auto Show is the latest in a 40-year relationship with the museum that includes funding the National Zoo's "Panda Cam."
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The Examiner