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I was carrying a case folding pocket knife. They have a 2 1/2 inch limit on blade length and mine was 3 inches long. Ironically, none of the other museums that we went into made me empty my pockets and put everything into a basket that was run through a metal detector. They freaked out when they saw my pocket knife. I had to go through a metal detector and then be wanded because my belt buckle made their walk through detector go off. I actually started to think I was going to be detained by security there. I was given the option of leaving or surrendering my pocket knife to them for destruction. I had waited so long to get to DC to see the halocaust museum that I didn't want to leave without seeing it, so I put the knife into their container. Funny thing is my wife had a small soft cooler with some fruit in it because I am a diabetic. She accidently left a pearing knife in the side pocket to peel the fruit with. They never caught it and let her right in.
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