he became a very promoter of the betsy ross myth to the point where he bought himself the betsy rossouse and moved in there and lived there and promoted it. he had a son born, and he named the son vexile dominus gerber. for latin scholars, flag house weisgerber. and the poor little kid he , dressed him up in a yankee doodle uniform and had him perform patriotic odes to people who came to the house. he was a promoter of the betsy ross myth. but he was not alone and that , myth wasn't alone in what was happening at the time. the pledge of allegiance was written in 1892, that same year. it was written for several reasons. one, it was the 400th anniversary of columbus' voyage and people were looking for something to rally around. the other thing is it was part -- and it was written by a guy named francis bellamy, who was editor of a magazine called the "youth's companion." it was aimed at children but it it was very popular. had great writers and it was very popular. and francis bellamy wrote the pledge of allegiance. original words of the pledge of allegiance. the original words were, i

you see a flag, which we now call the betsy ross flag.as not being used in 1776, but that's how we know how the story ends. he includes that. you are seeing two future presidents. you are seeing this flag and a variety of different types of people in that boat, which is just like the makeup of a variety of different types of people. ♪ ♪ ♪ coming up on american history tv, we learn about mobile alabama in visit africa town, a historic neighborhood former. then we take you to a reunion festival and africatown, it brings together descendants of,

gill better baker called himself the gay betsy ross when he was encouraged to come up with a flag that had symbolize the movement. it has two more stripes than they do now. two colors were hard to produces, but that flag was made by gilbert. this is the sewing machine on which he created the original flag. this isn't the original, but it is one of the first of that flag, that template. >>> next we'll talk about the aids crisis and how that mobilized activists. in every movement you see signs of progress and then pushback. after this incredible spirit of openness, gay people being public about their sexuality, who they were, their sexual orientation, protesting in the streets, quickly comes the aids crisis. in the earl 1980s, stories about aids, this mysterious illness that's striking gay men in los angeles and new york, comes to the forefront. quickly the mainstream press catches up, but the early headlines, because no one knows what causes aids, are really more fearmongering more than anything else. so here you see two journalists part of the mainstream press. again in the early '80s

crossing the sea, james monroe, who ended up being a president, you see a flag, what we now call the betsy rosshat is used in the painting. well, that flag wasn't being used in 1776, but lloydsa already knows how the story ends, so he includes it there. so you're seeing two future presidents, you're seeing this flag, and you see a variety of different types of people in that boat, which was just like the makeup of the artist, of arriving. ♪ ♪ >>> tonight on american history tv, beginning at 8:00 eastern, we join tour guide eric finley to learn about the early history of mobile, alabama, and to visit africatown, the national historic landmark neighborhood north of the city, founded by former slaves who were cap tives on the slip clotilda. watch american history tonight and over the weekend, on c-span3. . >>> every saturday night, american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country, for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzy borden is and raise your hand if you ever heard of the gene harris murder trial before this class? >> the deepest cause where we will find t

he called himself as betsy ross and you notice who more stripes, and two more colors were too hard to reproduce and they got rid of the turquoise and this was the sewing machine on which he created the first flag and that was the template. next we'll talk about the aids crisis and how that activated and mobilized lgbtq activists. in every movement you see signs of progress and pushback. you see openness and gay people being public about their sexual orientation and protesting in the streets and quickly on the heels of that comes the aids crisis. in the early 1980s stories about aids, this mysterious illness that is striking gay men in los angeles and new york come to the forefront in gay publications and the early headlines because no one knows what causes aids are really more fearmongering than anything else. at least the lgbt community being further ostracized. here you see journalists being part of the mainstream press. it wasn't incredibly welcoming to be a gay man to be on the staff of a paper. both of these journalists reported about the aids crisis and both succumbed to aids, a

gilbert baker called himself the gay betsy ross when he was encouraged to come up with a flag to symbolize the movement. notice it has two more stripes than the flag does now. two colors were too hard to reproduce and got rid of the hot pink and tortoise. that was made by gilbert. this is the sewing machine. this flag isn't the original but one of the first of that flag of that template. flex we're going to go in and talk about the aids crisis and how that activated and mobilized lbgtq activists. in every movement you see signs of progress and then pushback. after this incredible spirit of openness, gay people being public about their sexuality, who they were, their sexual orientation, protesting in the streets, quickly on the heels of that comes the aids crisis. in the early 1980s stories about aids, this mysterious illness that is striking gay men in los angeles and new york comes to the forefront in gay publications first. quickly the mainstream press catches up, but the early headlines, because no one knows what causes aids, are really more fear mongering than anybody else and leads to

like companies or bad actors whether it's the media or whether it's nice you know written down to betsy ross you is to disengage from that company but that is the wrong approach when you see a backward actor and there are so many in the culturally important america that are actors each with them so they get in their face and get the answers roberts can't even defend his own company because these people will never be asked tough questions but as an investor you have a right to question these corporations and that's what i recommended folks you come to national center or reach out to me i can teach you all how to do it it's a lot going on and you get to deal with some of the most powerful companies in the world and actually affect you a change now that i love and you can fall. down your bank finish up national center dot org and quickly. we're on twitter at national center and i want to just reach out. all right great to talk to you sir keep up the good work. well lou thanks to a. trial by media what does that mean exactly well it's a new documentary series on netflix and it explore some high

everyone knows betsy ross, a millionaire heart, canada lisa rice, but there are other also unexpected names. just for fun let's see who you know. how about raising your hand? elijah lucas hagely. she is a teenager, developed the process to cultivate indigo which was the basis of the carolina economy for more than 30 years. florence seabird? the woman who developed the tuberculosis test in 1941. it is still used by the world health organization even today. stephanie quality? she invented kevlar, a chemist. i kevlar this to protect our police and men and women who are in the armed services. this one is kind of a little trick. lena bryant? she was really lane bryant and her name got misspelt on a lone application. the important thing is she started in 1904 to create maternity garments for women so that women could go out of their house when they were pregnant. i love that. they'll mess sick? she was a female cartoonist who created the strip, brenda start reporter. this when you might know. candy lighten are? organized mothers against drunk driving when tragically her daughter was killed

when they came after the betsy ross flag i had it tattooed on my right bicep.was the first step towards a country we have today, we're only going to get better along the way and i don't know one person that feels like we are a better country because we are taking down a statue but i know a lot of people that might feela energized and inspired for the next memorial and monument we put a band of the leader that comes forth because right now that's not what we have. >> tucker: why don't these people build something once in a while? i can't remember the last thing elizabeth warren built, they are incapable of building, they are totally incompetent, good luck finding the power grid. joey, we are looking at pictures live of a statue, i don't even know what statue it is, something old being pulled down, wilmington, delaware. s >> what are we doing there? let's build a statue for the corporal that died saving my life, how about that? >> thank you. >> there is a new country on the continent, it's called chaz. what is life like? no police, no laws, no industrial base but

betsy ross helped out. here's what it looks like in our nation's capital. fly if you got them, weather not so great the next few days across the southeast. we have this stalled boundary and a low across savannah. some showers there. just over the carolinas for several days. really much of this week, downpours at time. kind of unsettled weather, but we could add up to 3, 4, 5, maybe 6 inches to of rain,cinnw. we have the fire danger out west. more states in red flag warning today as that front squeezes the air. high winds and hot conditions in the panhandle in texas. potential for high growth with some >>> food sunday morning. the view from san rafael, still a lot of cloud cover here, but we'll break out into sun y skies and a warmer day for the north bay, the east bay and the south bay by about five to ten degrees ad that warming trend continues towards the middle to late part of the week. so 84 today in concord. look for 77 in richmond. windy once again along the coast with numbers warming up in the city at 68 but we'll be breezy. at cue weather seven-day

everybody knows betsy ross, amelia earhart, condoleezza rice, but there are also unexpected names.so just for fun, let's see who you know. how about raising your hand. eleisa lucas pinkney. anybody? oh, good! well, she as a teenager developed the process to cultivate indigo, which was the basis of the colorado, of the carolina economy for more than 30 years florence seibert, the woman who developed the tuberculosis test in 1941, still used by the world health organization even today. stephan stephanie qualick. she invented kevlar. chemist, kevlar vests protect our police and men and women who are in the armed services. this one is kind of a little trick. lina bryant. well, she was really lane bryant and her name got misspelled on a loan application. but the important thing is that she started in 1904 to create maternity grararments for women women could go out of their house when they were pregnant. dale messick. well, she was a female cartoonist who created the strip, brenda star reporter. this one you might know, candy lightner. organized mothers against drunk driving, when tragi

everybody knows betsy ross, amelia earhart, condoleezza rice. how about raising your hand, elieza lucas pinkney. she as a teenager developed the process to cultivate indigo the basis of the colorado -- of the carolina economy for more than 30 years. florence siebert. the woman who developed the tu ber cue lin test in 1931 used by the world health organization even today. stephanie controlic. she invented kevlar. a chemist. kevlar vests protect our police and men and women in the armed services. this is kind of a trick. lena bryant. she was really lane bryant and her name got misspelled on a loan application. but the important thing is, she started in 1904 to create maternity garments for women so women could go out of their house when they were pregnant. i love that. dale mesic. she was a female cartoonist who created the strip brenda star reporter. this one you might know. candy lightner. organized mothers against drunk driving. when tragically her daughter was killed by a drunk driver. this last one, i didn't know, my co-author told me about i