On this episode of Our American Stories, Chris Graham of the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia tells the story of one of their objects on display with an extraordinary story we're just now finding out. Kate Moore, author of “Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women”, shares the story of the young women who in 1898 began working in radium factories and discovered the chemical element that glows in the dark. Pete Coors and his daughter Carrie of Coors Banquet Beer tells us how his family prides itself on their commitment to faith, family, education, and servant leadership.
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Time Codes:
00:00 - An "Ordinary" Cloth With An Extraordinary Story
12:30 - Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
37:00 - Family is at the Heart of this Brewing Icon, The Coors'
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