scott stephenson from the museum of the american revolution exploring 18th century battle flags. three flags were on display at the winter storm museum in delaware. mr. stephenson discusses the importance of even flag and the role they play at symbols of american patriotism. this hour long event was co-hosted by the museum of the american revolution

scott stephenson is the director of collections from the museum. he is the ideal person to oversee the creation of these exhibits. he is a ph.d historian in the american revolution. at the same time, he has been a screenwriter for historical productions and he's created exhibits. so, he's deeply experienced, not just in the history and meaning of the revolution but the material culture, the objects, artifacts, the equipment that were used to bring about the revolution. scott: so, i pulled together a selection of objects from the collection. to give you some of the highlights and also give you an indication of the big storyline we are telling in the museum. the first gallery that you will come into is going to take visitors back to the end of the french and indian war, about 1763. there is a new british monarch the first british foreign in the 18th century, george iii. he is young, very vibrant. he considers himself to be a real patriot king. americans of the future revolutionary generation are extremely patriotic. they have just participated in one

scott stephenson from the museum of the american revolution exploring 18th century battle flags. three flags were on display at the winter storm museum in delaware. mr. stephenson discusses the importance of even flag and the role they play at symbols of american patriotism. this hour long event was co-hosted by the museum of the american revolution and the winter tor museum. >> wonderful. well it is exciting to be here today. this really grew from just an idea that lisa had to maybe just do a little talk on flag day and then we realized that in fact there were three flags being stored here and one in the collection of the museum of the american revolution two that are the property of an anonymous, very generous owner and lender who has consented to have them on display for this afternoon. so this is an extraordinary opportunity. i'm not sure there is anywhere else on the planet why you can stand in the room and be in the presence of three banners of liberty from the american revolution. so congratulations to all of you for not going to the beach this weekend or not mowing the gr

got stevenson -- scott stephenson is the ideal person to oversee the creation of these exhibits. he is a phd historian in the american revolution and at the same time has been a screenwriter for historical productions. he's deeply experienced not just in the meaning of the revolution but the culture and equipment used to bring about the equipment. mr. stephenson: i want to give you some of the highlights and give you a certain indication of the big storyline we are telling now. the gallery takes visitors back to the end of the french and indian war about 1763. there's a new british monarch, the first british-born monarch in the 18th century, george iii. he's young, vibrant, considers himself to be a real patriot king. americans of the future revolutionary generation are extremely patriotic. they had just participated in one of the most dramatic victories in modern history and are now part of, really, the richest, most expensive empire since the classical age. the first object i want to show you is an engraved soldiers powderhorn. this is a cow horn, one of a pair, that was carved