Professor and author Woden Teachout will present a program entitled, Capture the Flag: A Political History of American Patriotism on Wednesday, March 24th, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Northfield Community Room of the Brown Public Library.

The program will explore the colorful history of the American flag as a lens into the political uses of patriotism. Professor Teachout will examine how the flag has been captured and claimed by a wide range of our fellow citizens to uphold their versions of the American dream. These stories will be used as a means to explore the changing notions of what it means to be a patriot. Her well received book by the same title was published in 2009 by Basic Books.

Professor Teachout holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University and has taught at Harvard and Middlebury Colleges. She is currently Professor of Graduate Studies at Union Institute & University and lives in Middlesex.

The program is being sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council and The Friends Of the Brown Public Library.