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 farreaching dhat struck downec the tioisn virgin military institutes menonly 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. Im never going to step down now. You cant 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, yet she won the admiration of ma
5 mile on the coast as well as novato and green indicates good air quality. Upper levels wind out of the north are expected to transport some smoke in to the north bay to our inland east bay for poor air quality. As we look at the rest of the day 60s skies will get slightly hazier as we move into your afternoon especially to our north bay, into the east bay. Our warmest inland valleys, well talk about it and talk about when the air clears in just a few liz . We continue now with the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsberg. Ginsberg was 87 and had been battling pan crealtic cancer. She leaves behind two children and several grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband marty. Heres a live look at washington, d. C. This morning where its 9 01 there. Flags are flying at half staffer atitol and Supreme Court to honor ginsberg. She served on the court for decades, a pioneer there on the court. Abc News Reporter Karen Travers has more on the justices legacy. Repo
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. Im 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 minds eye about the American Revolution. And so actually im going to close your eyes for a minute. Because were going to think about how poets and painters have painted the vision we have o
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. Im 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 minds eye about the American Revolution. And s
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 Vernons efforts to safeguard original washington many scripts and encourage scholarship about George Washington and the founding era, and develops outreach activities. He received the chancellors 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, published in 2011