FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — You can call them the history patrol troop, these sharp-eyed museum curators.
They show up to South Florida’s historic events and obtain items, most recently collecting signs and other objects from the Donald Trump supporters and protesters who converged in downtown Miami.
These workers with the HistoryMiami Museum set forth on Tuesday amid the Trump crowd, aware it was a historic day for a former president to be arraigned in federal court on criminal charges. They approached demonstrators and asked if they’d want to donate their signs and apparel that embody the event. Some items collected were “lock him up” signs and “Blacks for Trump” shirts.