owen connor is one of the gallery curators at that museum. can you explain how the raising of the flag over mount suribachi is incorporated into the dna of the museum that you are sitting in? >> the second flag when rosenthal snapped the image, i often emphasize it is really this iconic media moment. early in the war we would send correspondence to the pacific and it could take weeks, months for things to get back. but when it comes to the flag being taken, it is literally from the battlefield, the front pages of america. within about two days, international dateline times. it is almost a viral moment. it is ingrained in the museum, from the architecture that you see and from the way it has traveled through time. i always say it takes on bigger meaning within the marine corps. it symbolizes victory in world war ii, it came at the right time. patent's tanks were rolling across germany, the allies were winning in to europe, and then there is this -- patton's tanks were rolling across germany, the allies were winning in europe. it is really ingr

owen connor is one of the gallery curators at that museum. can you explain how the raising of the flag over mount suribachi is incorporated into the dna of the museum that you are sitting in? second flag when rosenthal snapped the image, i often emphasize it is really this iconic media moment. early in the war we would send correspondence to the pacific and it could take weeks, months for things to get back. but when it comes to the flag being taken, it is literally from the battlefield, the front pages of america. within about two days, international dateline times. it is almost a viral moment. it is ingrained in the museum, from the architecture that you see and from the way it has traveled through time. i always say it takes on bigger meaning within the marine corps. it symbolizes victory in world war ii, it came at the right time. patent's tanks were rolling across germany, the allies were winning in europe, and then 's tanks this -- patton were rolling across germany, the allies were winning in europe. it is really ingrained in everythin

owen connor is one of the gallery curators at that museum.lain how the raising of the flag over mount suribachi is incorporated into the dna of the museum that you are sitting in? second flag when rosenthal snapped the image, i often emphasize it is really this iconic media moment. early in the war we would send correspondence to the pacific and it could take weeks, months for things to get back. but when it comes to the flag being taken, it is literally from the battlefield, the front pages of america. within about two days, international dateline times. it is almost a viral moment. it is ingrained in the museum, from the architecture that you see and from the way it has traveled through time. i always say it takes on bigger meaning within the marine corps. it symbolizes victory in world war ii, it came at the right time. patent's tanks were rolling across germany, the allies were winning in europe, and then 's tanks this -- patton were rolling across germany, the allies were winning in europe. it is really ingrained in everything the marine

of museum week, we are live from the national museum of the marine corps with senior coordinator owen connor and the director to discuss the 75th anniversary of the battle of iwo jima. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning, and be sure to watch washington journal all this week for museum week. wednesday morning we will explore the smithsonian museum of american history. from the ground of george washington's mount vernon, we are joined by doug bradburn, the president and ceo of george washington's mount vernon on this president's day. first, explain the significance of the moment that is portrayed over your shoulder

at 9:00, a discussion on the 75th anniversary of the battle with edward and i and owen connor. national museum of the marine corps senior curator. ♪ host: good morning. a three hour washington journal is ahead and we will talk about the state of u.s. manufacturing and take you to the national museum of the marine corps for the second stop of our museum tour. we begin the question about who should get credit for the state of the u.s. economy. the current and previous occupants of the oval office claimed credit for the robust u.s. economy. this morning, we put the question to you. republicans, the phone number is 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents, 202-748-8002.

of museum week, we will be live from the national museum of the marine corps with senior curator owen connor and marine corps history division director edward to discuss the 75th anniversary of the battle of iwo jima. watching c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. and be sure to wash washington journal -- watch washington morning, we will explore the smithsonian national museum of american history. wgbh tv in boston hosted a debate between senator ed markey and two of his challengers in the 2020 massachusetts democratic primary. congressman joe kennedy and attorney sharon les riordan. watch live on 7:00 eastern on c-span or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> our c-span campaign 2020 bus is asking across -- is asking voters, what issues should presidential candidates address? >> the most important issue for me as civil rights and civil liberties. voting rights, productive rights, kamal justice reform and reproductive freedom. we are seeing them being violated left and right. they are just as important as every other issue. moste issue that is important t

of museum week, we are live from the national museum of the marine corps with senior coordinator owen connor and the director to discuss the 75th anniversary of the battle of iwo jima. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning, and be sure to watch washington journal all this week for museum week. wednesday morning we will explore the smithsonian museum of american history. from the ground of george washington's mount vernon, we are joined by doug bradburn, the president and ceo of george washington's mount vernon on this president's day. first, explain the significance of the moment that is portrayed over your shoulder, the swearing in of george washington. guest: good morning, welcome to mount vernon. behind me you see george washington, the first president, being sworn in at federal hall in new york city in 1789 in were thet: how well duties and powers of the office that he was about to step into, how well were they defined at that moment when he was sworn in? guest: they were not defined at all. the presidency was a brand-new institution. there had not been anything l