1993. in her pioneering work in behalf of the womenftr o she ha truly historic record of achievement. reporter: as a supreme court justice she was best known for the far-reaching dhat struck downec the tioisn virgin military institute s men-only admission policy. those doors that were shut tight against us are now open. optimistic. reporter: justice ginsburg was known as a judicial work horse. she worked throughout her treatment for cancer in 1999 and again ten years later. in january 2019, herurry tovo rs lesions from her lung forced her to miss oral arguments, but she continued working from home. ginsburg became something of a pop ctu iat her life. this comedic but still rev rent impression of her on saturday night live. i m never going to step down now. you can t get rid of me. aentitled rbg and the 2018 film on the basis of sex focusing on her push for equal rights. on civil rights, abortion and separation of church and state, she was a consistent liberal,
about flag day and then we realized that in fact there were three flags being stored here and one in the collection of the museum of the american revolution, two that are the property of an anonymous, very generous owner and lender, who has consented to have them on display for this afternoon. so this is an extraordinary opportunity. i m not sure there is anywhere else on the planet why you can stand in the room and be in the presence of three banners of liberty from the american revolution. so congratulations to all of you for not going to the beach this weekend or not mowing the grass in the hot weather and choosing to come and sit in the dark with me for about an hour. i would like to start actually with an exercise to get you to think about the role that flags play and the images you have in your mind s eye about the american revolution. and so actually i m going to close your eyes for a minute. because we re going to think about how poets and painters have painted the vi
winter tor museum. wonderful. well it is exciting to be here today. this really grew from just an idea that lisa had to maybe just do a little talk on flag day and then we realized that in fact there were three flags being stored here and one in the collection of the museum of the american revolution two that are the property of an anonymous, very generous owner and lender who has consented to have them on display for this afternoon. so this is an extraordinary opportunity. i m not sure there is anywhere else on the planet why you can stand in the room and be in the presence of three banners of liberty from the american revolution. so congratulations to all of you for not going to the beach this weekend or not mowing the grass in the hot weather and choosing to come and sit in the dark with me for about np hour. i would like to start actually with an exercise to get you to think about the role that flags play and the images you have in your mind s eye about the american rev
microphone you to speak into, so it will get reported for , and all of your residence in oklahoma will be able to jump out of their chair when you speak. we will go in the order that people are listed in the program, so i will jump right in. douglas bradburn holds a ba in history from the university of geneva and if each the in history from the in mercy of chicago. from 2005 to 2013, he taught in the history department at beaman temple university bennington use o university. he was named founding director of the fred w smith library at mount vernon where he oversees mount vernon s efforts to safeguard original washington many scripts and encourage scholarship about george washington and the founding era, and develops outreach activities. he received the chancellor s award for excellence in teaching in 2010 for his books include the citizenship resident revolution, politics of the creation and the american union, and early modern virginia, reconsidering the old dominion, p
. . , marla miller discusses the life of betsy ross. miller explains some of the details of ross life that she details in her book, betsy ross and the making of america. she shares her life into ross relationships, personality, and faith. this is a little over 30 minutes. part of things like this are that you finally get to allk out loud and a public of the people who made a project possible. i will never forget when i was scoping out to see this project was possible, and we were set up in her office, which was sma