The army and we are at the womens memorial in arlington cemetery. Its the only major memorial thats dedicated to women who served their country. We have over 3 million women who have worn the uniform of the United States. This memorial was dedicated in 1997. Over 40,000 people lined memorial avenue from the bridge to the memorial. Women from world war i through the current times in 1997. The memorial is on 4. 2 acres of park service land. Behind me, though, you can see the head stones of Arlington National cemetery and that surrounds the park service land. The memorial is composed of the Education Center, a court of valor, terrorists that has glass tablets with quotations about women and by women. Theres a pool where we have ceremonies on especially memorial day for women who have fallen. There is a line going from the Lincoln Memorial. You can see it as it comes up Memorial Drive with stones. As it goes through our memorial up to our fountain and through the memorial, there are black
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We love cspan. It is not too often that we have a true hollywood celebrity at our luncheon so we are thrilled to have Janine Turner today. You know her well from her role as Maggie Oconnell in the in the awardwinning tv series northern exposure. She received three golden globe award nomination and and any nomination for her role in the series. She also starred in the lifetime series, strong medicine. She produced and directed a short films darling her dollar daughter, julie at. She starred in numerous movies and highly rated films for television. She even coproduced and starred in a yoga video. [laughter] she has been named People Magazines 50 most beautiful people, and esquire magazines women we love. She received the women at work award from the National Commission on working women. She recently moved to new york city, but is still a proud texan and owns a ranch there. Janine has decided to add author to her resume. Her brandnew book is titled holding her head high and tells the stor
This is a volume that was owned by martha washington. It is a you can see her signature m. Washington. And its an Early Edition printed in england. It was known as a help and guide to christian families published in london in 1752. So quite likely a book she may well, you can imagine, have taken along with her to camp to spend the winter at valley forge. The top of the page is missing, almost certainly it was clipped by an autograph collector in the 19th century, presumably her name would have been written out there as well and it was probably clipped by a collector. And if any viewers have that in your collection, we would love to reunite the book and the autograph. But there is her signature, martha washington. So its entirely possible to imagine that thats a book that spent the winter at valley forge along with the general and his suffering soldiers. A few other objects, again, an object that quite likely was also used in valley forge, the soldiers canteen. It seems like a fairly mu
Things like canteens that they could try to get a better handle on keeping on that material. One of the great treasures in our collection is a simple modest little flag, blue background, that bears 13 stars and it was general washingtons personal standard. So it really signified his presence. When you saw that flag, you knew general washington was in command. And its incredible that it has survived. So few flags from the revolution have. It kaem came to us from a desce of general washingtons sister betty. Her son was an officer in whats called the lifeguard. These were the men and officers personally assigned to general washington and had the responsibility of ensuring his safety. So its a wonderful object directly from the washington family that, again, reflects his command, his leadership of the Continental Army during revolution. The museum will be located in the very heart of philadelphias historic area. The National Park service agreed with the importance of this museum and gave u