Brent Glass

Brent Glass
Brent D. Glass is a public historian who pioneered influential oral history and material culture studies and was Elizabeth MacMillan Director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History from 2002-2011. He is an author and international speaker on cultural diplomacy and museum management. He writes on topics ranging from state-of-the-museum blogs to public memory, historic literacy, historic preservation, and industrial history...
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The survival of this flag for nearly 200 years is a visible testimony to the strength and perseverance of the nation, and we hope that it will inspire many more generations in the future.
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There wasn't a golden age when we weren't thrashing them out.
There was no 'golden age' of rebuilding. They had the same controversies then that we have now.
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Hip hop has reached well beyond its urban roots to diverse national dimensions and has been an integral part of American culture for almost 30 years.