mrs. fowler's method, he decided he should make it a gift to the nation. we talked earlier about how the armisad family, the appleton family and later prebel who was writing his book would start to souvenir parts of the flag. this is one of those pieces and we count this as three fragments because there's a fragment of red, a fragment of white and a fragment of blue and they have been stitched together. but we want feel to be able to you can see a lot of information here, a lot of graphics about how the national anthem is something that everyone is familiar with. all americans are familiar with it. and most people in the world are familiar with america's flag as a symbol, as well as our national anthem. at the end we talk about the legacy of the "the star-spangled banner" and how not only is the flag a national treasure, but our song is very important us to as americans. and how it has become one of the most significant symbols in american history. what people don't always understand is that the flag that they salute today, what its origins were, and why w

mrs. fowler's method, he decided he should make it a gift to the nation. we talked earlier about how the armisad family, the appleton family and later prebel who was writing his book would start to souvenir parts of the flag. this is one of those pieces and we count this as three fragments because there's a fragment of red, a fragment of white and a fragment of blue and they have been stitched together. but we want feel to be able to get a little closer to the object and this is one way we can offer them to look at the fragility of the material and to see the loose weave of the flag. >> what you see in the case here is canvas duffle, and it was probably a typical duffle bag. this is how it would have been typically stored at the fort, it would have been stored in a duffle and the duffle probably would have been put into a foot locker. as we move down the exhibition, we show a history of the exhibition of the flag from different time periods. you saw the first ever photograph of the flag from 1837 when george prebel hung and it that was in boston. then you

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mr. fowler. like poppy, i have no doubt that the prayer should be included among the tributes to the greatest generation memorialized on the national mall. it is vitally important that the president sign this is legislation as quickly as possible because time is of the essence. as some may know, there is estimated to be just over 1.5 million world war ii veterans still living. and furthermore, it is estimated that roughly 600 world war ii vets are dying every day. in other words, each week that goes by that this legislation does not become law, approximately 4,000 more world war ii vets will have passed away without seing this prayer added to their memorial. i want to thank chairman hastings around chairman bishop for their hard work and efforts to get to where we are today. they have been championed of -- champions of this legislation over the past three years and we wouldn't be here without their help. i strongly encourage all of my colleagues to vote yes on this legislation to and take this op