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8.1.26 - Part 1 · Children's Hour

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and Welcome to Real is turned Story Hour as
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  Speaker 1: a reminder, a reading service intenda for people who are
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  Speaker 1: a blinder of other disabilities that make it difficult to
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  Speaker 1: read print material. Today we will be reading from various
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  Speaker 1: books on the USA. Your reader today is Diane. We
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  Speaker 1: will continue with the book we left off last time,
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  Speaker 1: My United States, Washington, d C. It was published by
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  Speaker 1: Children's Press and Imprint of Scholastic Incorporated. It has a
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  Speaker 1: copyright year of twenty eighteen and the author of the
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  Speaker 1: book is Karen kellaher Peak at Plants, washingt d C.
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  Speaker 1: Is known for its Japanese cherry trees, which produce beautiful
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  Speaker 1: pink and white blossoms every spring, but these trees do
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  Speaker 1: not always grow in the city. The original cherry trees
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  Speaker 1: were givet from the Mayor of Tokyo and in nineteen twelve.
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  Speaker 1: Many native plants also grow in America's Capital. Oaks, lindens,
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  Speaker 1: and elms line many city streets. These and other tree
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  Speaker 1: species fill the capital's parks. Wild flowers such as violets,
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  Speaker 1: blue bills, and blood roots add a splash of color
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  Speaker 1: to the parks in the spring and summer. Capital creatures
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  Speaker 1: animals make their home in Washington, d C. Mammals such
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  Speaker 1: as white tailed deer, gray squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, and bats
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  Speaker 1: called flying foxes live in the city's wooded parks as
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  Speaker 1: birds have spotted dozens of species of birds there, from
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  Speaker 1: colorful cardinals to magistic bald eagles. The cities, rivers and
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  Speaker 1: creeks are habitats for many species of fish, including carved
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  Speaker 1: bass and perch. Rock Creek is home to the hay
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  Speaker 1: spring amma pot, a tiny seed through creature that looks
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  Speaker 1: like a shrimp. This endangered species lives nowhere else in
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  Speaker 1: the world. Chapter two. Government. Most cities and towns in
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  Speaker 1: the United States operate under three layers of government, a
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  Speaker 1: local or city government, a state government, and the US
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  Speaker 1: federal government. But Washington, d C. Is a little different.
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  Speaker 1: It is not a state, so it has no governor
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  Speaker 1: of state lawmaking body. As the nation's capital is overseen
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  Speaker 1: directly by the federal government. There is a city government,
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  Speaker 1: but its power is limited three branches. Washington, d C.
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  Speaker 1: Is the seat of the US federal government. The President
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  Speaker 1: of the United States heads the executive branch. Congress, the
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  Speaker 1: legislative branch of the government, meets in the US Capital
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  Speaker 1: Congress has two parts, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
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  Speaker 1: Its members right our nation's laws. The US Supreme Court
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  Speaker 1: decides the nation's most important legal cases. It leads the
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  Speaker 1: judicial branch who's in charge. At one time, the federal
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  Speaker 1: government had complete authority over las Washington, d C. But
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  Speaker 1: in nineteen seventy three, Congress gave home rule to the
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  Speaker 1: people of the city, allowing them to create a local government. Today,
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  Speaker 1: voters in Washington, d C. Elect a mayor and a
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  Speaker 1: city council council with thirteen members. The city government makes
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  Speaker 1: decisions about the city's schools, street repairs, and other local issues,
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  Speaker 1: but the federal government still plays a big row. Every
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  Speaker 1: law that Washington City government passes must be approved by
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  Speaker 1: the US Congress, having a say, people in Washington see
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  Speaker 1: have a limited voice in the US Congress. They do
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  Speaker 1: not elect any of the country's one hundred senators. They
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  Speaker 1: send one delegate to the House of Representatives, but he
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  Speaker 1: or she is not allowed to vote on laws. Many
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  Speaker 1: DC residents argue that that system is unfair. Some want
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  Speaker 1: their city to become a state so they can have
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  Speaker 1: representation in Congress. Residents have a bigger say when it
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  Speaker 1: comes to the US executve to branch the district hast
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  Speaker 1: three electoral votes in presidential elections. This wasn't always the case.
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  Speaker 1: Until nineteen sixty one, d C didn't get any electoral
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  Speaker 1: votes at all. However, the twenty third amendments to the
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  Speaker 1: US Constitution granted d C a number of electoral votes
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  Speaker 1: equal to the least populous state in the country, representing
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  Speaker 1: Washington d C. Elected officials in Washington d C represent
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  Speaker 1: a population with a range of interest, lifestyles, and backgrounds.
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  Speaker 1: The ethnicity in twenty sixteen estimates, there are thirty six
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  Speaker 1: point four percent Caucasian, forty seven point seven percent African Americans,
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  Speaker 1: ten point nine percent Hispanic or Latino, four point one as,
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  Speaker 1: zero point six percent Native American or Alaska Native, and
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  Speaker 1: two point seven percent two or more racist. Seventeen percent
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  Speaker 1: speak a language other than English at home, eighteen percent
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  Speaker 1: are kids under age eighteen, Forty one percent own their
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  Speaker 1: own homes. Eighty nine percent of the population graduated from
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  Speaker 1: high school, fifty five percent of the population of a
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  Speaker 1: degree beyond high school. Fourteen percent of Washingtonians were born
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  Speaker 1: in other countries. What represents Washington d C Like the
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  Speaker 1: fifty states. Washington, d C. Chooses specific animals, plants, and
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  Speaker 1: objects to represent the values and characteristics of its land
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  Speaker 1: and its people. Find out why these symbols were chosen
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  Speaker 1: to represent Washington, d C. Or discover surprising curiosities about
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  Speaker 1: them Seal. The women in the long rowe represent justice,
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  Speaker 1: and the statue is of George Washington, America's first president.
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  Speaker 1: In the background are the Potomac River in the US Capital.
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  Speaker 1: The flag the Washington DC. The sea flag is based
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  Speaker 1: on a crest or symbol once used by George Washington's family.
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  Speaker 1: Washington chose the site for the Capital City American Beauty Rose,
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  Speaker 1: the official flower. Although it has not been proven, some
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  Speaker 1: people believe this rose was first grown in the White
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  Speaker 1: House garden. Potomac Bluestone official rock. This stone was used
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  Speaker 1: to build parts of the White House and the US Capital.
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  Speaker 1: Scarlet oak official tree. The scarlet oak's leaves are green
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  Speaker 1: most of the year, but they turned deep red each fall.
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  Speaker 1: Wood thrush official bird. This small sombird lives in d
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  Speaker 1: C during spring and summer and flies south during colder months.
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  Speaker 1: Capital source official dinosaur. In eighteen ninety eight, part of
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  Speaker 1: the backbone of a dinosaur was unearthed in Washington, d C.
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  Speaker 1: Nearly one hundred years later, a scientist studied the fossil
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  Speaker 1: and nicknamed the dinosaur Capital Saurus. Chapter three History. Washington,
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  Speaker 1: DC is named for George Washington, America's first president, but
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  Speaker 1: surprisingly he never lived there. In seventeen ninety, the country
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  Speaker 1: was ready to build its permanent capital. Washington chose the
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  Speaker 1: location and hired experts to plan the city, but by
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  Speaker 1: the time the city was ready, Washington was no longer
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  Speaker 1: in office. President John Adams and about one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: twenty five other government employees moved to Washington, d C.
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  Speaker 1: In eighteen hundred. It was an important chapter in the
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  Speaker 1: district's long and busy history. Early history, people have been
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  Speaker 1: living in the area that is now Washington CEA for
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  Speaker 1: at least twelve thousand years. The region's earliest residents fished
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  Speaker 1: in the Potomac River, hunted deer and other animals, and
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  Speaker 1: gathered wild nuts and berries. Over time, the main Native
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  Speaker 1: American group in the region became known as the Piscataway.
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  Speaker 1: They made homes by building young trees into arches and
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  Speaker 1: covering the arches with mass made of woven grass. Their
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  Speaker 1: early ancestors. They fished and hunted. They also grew corn, squash,
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  Speaker 1: and beans. In the sixteen hundreds, the first appear Europeans
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  Speaker 1: arrived in the area. In sixteen o eight, Captain John
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  Speaker 1: Smith selled up the Potomac from an English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia.
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  Speaker 1: He visited piscatigeh Away Village before returning to Jamestown. Other
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  Speaker 1: Europeans soon followed and settled in the area. Before long,
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  Speaker 1: many in that area fell sick with diseases such as
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  Speaker 1: measles and smallpox, which the newcomers had carried from Europe.
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  Speaker 1: Entire villages were wiped out by seventeen hundred. Most of
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  Speaker 1: the surviving had moved out of the area, creating the capital.
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  Speaker 1: During the American Revolution from seventeen seventy five to seventeen
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  Speaker 1: eighty three, colonists fought for their independence from Great Britain.
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  Speaker 1: After the war, it was time for the new nation
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  Speaker 1: to choose a capital. New York City and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
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  Speaker 1: had been important cities during the Revolution, but US leaders
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  Speaker 1: wanted a capital city that was separate from any state.
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  Speaker 1: In the seventeen ninety George Washington selected a diamond shaped
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  Speaker 1: area along the Potomac River to be the site for
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  Speaker 1: the capital. This land belonged to Virginia and Maryland, which
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  Speaker 1: donated it to the US government. To design the city,
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  Speaker 1: Watching hired a French engineer named Pierre la Enfant La
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  Speaker 1: of Font made grand plans. He imagined a capitol built
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  Speaker 1: on a hill with wide avenues stretching out from it.
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  Speaker 1: He planned spaces for monuments and fountains, but Font argued
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  Speaker 1: with local landowners and was soon fired. Washington hired a
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  Speaker 1: new surveyor named Andrew Illacott to finish the plans. By
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  Speaker 1: seventeen ninety three, construction was underway. Hundreds of workers, including
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  Speaker 1: many slaves, built the capitol, the White House, and other buildings.
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  Speaker 1: A rough start, Much of the CA capital was still
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  Speaker 1: under construction when tragedy struck in eighteen twelve. The United
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  Speaker 1: States and Great Britain went to war because of conflicts
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  Speaker 1: their ships were having at sea. In August eighteen fourteen,
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  Speaker 1: British troops attacked Washington, d c. They set fire to
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  Speaker 1: the Capitol, the White House, and other public buildings. It
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  Speaker 1: took years to rebuild. Time of change from eighteen sixty
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  Speaker 1: one to eighteen sixty five Washington, d C. Felt the
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  Speaker 1: strain of the Civil War. The city was the capital
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  Speaker 1: of the Union, but it bordered the Confederate States of Virginia.
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  Speaker 1: Thousands of Union soldiers were stationed in Washington to protect
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  Speaker 1: the capital. After the war, many freed slaves made their
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  Speaker 1: homes in the city. The city's population grew quickly. In
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  Speaker 1: the nineteen hundreds, Washington, d C. Began to look more
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  Speaker 1: like the grand city that Pierre la Enfont had once envisioned.
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  Speaker 1: The National Mall was created and many monuments were built.
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  Speaker 1: Nineteen sixties, the capitol became an important location the civil
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  Speaker 1: rights movement. In nineteen sixty three, doctor Martin Luther King
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  Speaker 1: Junior gave his famous I Have a Dream speech on
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  Speaker 1: the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Today, the Capitol is
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  Speaker 1: still a place where people go to express their views
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  Speaker 1: and their hopes for the country's future. Designing DC. When
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  Speaker 1: Surveyor Andrew Ellacott stepped in to the finish the plans
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  Speaker 1: for Washington, d C. He had a very talented assistant
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  Speaker 1: at his site. Benjamin Bannaker was a free black farmer
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  Speaker 1: who had only a few months of formal schooling. However,
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  Speaker 1: he was a brilliant mathematician and thinker, He worked with
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  Speaker 1: Ellacott to lay out the city streets. According to legend,
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  Speaker 1: Bannaker had once seen Pierre while of Lyon's original plans
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  Speaker 1: for the city, and was able to reproduce them entirely
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  Speaker 1: from memory. While some historians questioned this story, all agreed
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  Speaker 1: that Bannaker played an important role in creating the capital
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  Speaker 1: four culture. Today, Washington, d c. Is not just the
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  Speaker 1: seat of Americans government is also an important cultural center,
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  Speaker 1: with more than one hundred and sixty monuments and memorials,
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  Speaker 1: dozens of museums, and a calendar full of festivals and
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  Speaker 1: other events. Is even home to the world's largest library,
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  Speaker 1: the Library of Congress, which does research for members of
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  Speaker 1: the US Congress. The city's cultural attractions draw millions of
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  Speaker 1: visitors each year and give Washingtonians plenty to do. Monuments
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  Speaker 1: and museums, monuments memorials have been built in the capitol
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  Speaker 1: to remember people and events in US history. Some honor
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  Speaker 1: presidents and other leaders, such as Martin Luther King Junior. Others,
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  Speaker 1: such as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, play pay tribute to
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  Speaker 1: people who fall in wars. The city's museums offer something
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  Speaker 1: for everyone. Nineteen of them make up a group of
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  Speaker 1: called the Smithsonian Institution. Festiful Time. There's often something special
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  Speaker 1: to celebrate in the nation's capital. Every spring, when the
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  Speaker 1: cherry trees bloom. People head downtown for the three week
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  Speaker 1: long Cherry Blossom Festival. They enjoy concerts, fireworks, and kite
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  Speaker 1: flying contests. On April sixth, each year, Watchtonians celebrate Emancipation Day.
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  Speaker 1: This holiday recasts the day in eighteen sixty two when
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  Speaker 1: slaves in the capital city were freed. Public schools closed
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  Speaker 1: for a day in marching bands parade through the city.
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  Speaker 1: Sports and recreation. Washtonians have plenty of recreation options to
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  Speaker 1: choose from. They can walk, run, or bike on the
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  Speaker 1: city's mini park trails, or play with or pets in
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  Speaker 1: a dozen dog parks. Residents can also watch professional sports
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  Speaker 1: teams play. The Nationals baseball team, the Wizards and Mystics
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  Speaker 1: basketball teams, the Redskin and football team, the Capitolis hockey team,
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  Speaker 1: and the DC United soccer team, all called Washington d C.
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  Speaker 1: Home at work in the can Capital government is the
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  Speaker 1: biggest employer in Washington, d C. About four out of
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  Speaker 1: every ten employed adults in the city work for the
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  Speaker 1: federal government or the local city government. Many other people
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  Speaker 1: in the capital have jobs related to tourism. They work
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  Speaker 1: in hotels, restaurants, museums, and other places that tourists visit.
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  Speaker 1: Many young people head to wah In d C to
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  Speaker 1: prepare for future careers. The city has seven major colleges
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  Speaker 1: and universities and several smaller ones on the menu, cuisine
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  Speaker 1: in the capital is diverse because the city is not
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  Speaker 1: far from the Atlantic Ocean. Crabs, fish and other kinds
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  Speaker 1: of seafood are among the favorite dishes. Southern specialties like
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  Speaker 1: fried chicken and grits are also popular, and over time,
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  Speaker 1: immigrants from around the world have brought international flavors to
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  Speaker 1: d c's markets and menus. A spectacular city, Washing d
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  Speaker 1: C may not be large in area, but it is
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  Speaker 1: big on history and culture. As the seat of America's
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  Speaker 1: federal government, is also plays a very important role in
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  Speaker 1: the nation. The people who live and work in Washington,
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  Speaker 1: DC know how special the capital city is, and every
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  Speaker 1: year millions of visitors discover the district's magic for themselves.
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  Speaker 1: Famous people John Philip Sousa eighteen fifty four nineteen thirty
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  Speaker 1: two wrote many of the patriotic songs that Americans marched
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  Speaker 1: to and parades. One of his most famous songs is
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  Speaker 1: The Stars and Stripes Forever, the official march song of
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  Speaker 1: the United States. Benjamin O'Davis Senior was born in eighteen
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  Speaker 1: seventy seven and dieting nineteen seventy. He was the US
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  Speaker 1: Army's first African American general. He fought in several wars
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  Speaker 1: and helped end racial discrimination in the army. J Edgar
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  Speaker 1: Hoover was born in eighteen ninety five and died in
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  Speaker 1: nineteen seventy two. He was in charge of the Federal
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  Speaker 1: Bureau of Investigation, known as the FBI for many decades. Today,
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  Speaker 1: the FBI building is named for him. Marjorie Kennan Rawlins
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  Speaker 1: born in eighteen ninety six died in nineteen fifty three
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  Speaker 1: was a famous author. She wrote The Yearling, a book
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  Speaker 1: about a boy and a pet deer. Duke Ellington born
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  Speaker 1: in eighteen ninety nine and died in nineteen seventy four
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  Speaker 1: was a great jazz musician who was born Edward Kennedy Ellington.
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  Speaker 1: He wrote more than three thousand songs, played the piano,
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  Speaker 1: and led an award winning Orchestra. Evelyn Boyd Granville was
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  Speaker 1: born in nineteen twenty four. She's a retired MA mathematician.
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  Speaker 1: She worked on computer software that helped the US send
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  Speaker 1: the first American in space in nineteen sixty one. Samuel L.
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  Speaker 1: Jackson was born in nineteen forty eight. He's one of
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  Speaker 1: the highest paid actors of all time. You might know
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  Speaker 1: him as Jedi Master in some of the Star Wars films.
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  Speaker 1: Connie Chong born in nineteen forty six is a well
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  Speaker 1: known TV journalists. Nineteen ninety three, she became the first
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  Speaker 1: Asian American and only the second woman to work as
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  Speaker 1: a news anchor on a major American TV network. Al
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  Speaker 1: Gore was born in nineteen forty eight. He served as
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  Speaker 1: Vice President of the United States from nineteen ninety three
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  Speaker 1: to two thousand and one. Bill Nye was born in
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  Speaker 1: nineteen fifty five. It's a scientist and TV personality. He
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  Speaker 1: hosted a popular show for kids called Bill Nye The
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  Speaker 1: Science Guy. He's also written several science books. Katie Leddecki
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  Speaker 1: worn in nineteen ninety seven, is one of America's fastest
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  Speaker 1: female swimmers. By the time she turned twenty, she had
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  Speaker 1: won five Olympic Gold Medals and chattered thirteen world records.
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  Speaker 1: Did you know that Washington Head, DC has a museum
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  Speaker 1: that's all about spies and spying? Members of the US
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  Speaker 1: Congress have a private subway system to take them from
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  Speaker 1: the Capitol to their offices. You can see the real
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  Speaker 1: Declaration of Independence in US Constitution in the capital's national Archives.
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  Speaker 1: The White House wasn't called the White House until nineteen
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  Speaker 1: oh one. Before that, it was known as the President's
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  Speaker 1: House or the President's Palace. Tens of thousands of people
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  Speaker 1: work in Washington, d C. But live in nearby towns
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  Speaker 1: in Virginia and Maryland. They drive cars or take trains
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  Speaker 1: or buses into the Capitol. Some mean usual pitts have
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  Speaker 1: lived in the White House. Presidents John Quincy Adams and
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  Speaker 1: Herbert Hoover both had pet alligators. Abraham Lincoln's family had
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  Speaker 1: two goats, and Teddy Roosevelt's kids had a pig, a pony,
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  Speaker 1: a snake, and even a one legged rooster. The top
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  Speaker 1: of the Washington Monument is slightly different color from the bottom.
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  Speaker 1: Builders used stone from two different places. The Smothstonians National
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  Speaker 1: Zoo has more than one thousand, five hundred animals zoo
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  Speaker 1: biologists work to increase populations of endangered animals. Our next
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  Speaker 1: book is titled The White House and it was published
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  Speaker 1: by pop a division of ABDO. It is a copyright
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  Speaker 1: year of twenty nineteen and the author is Brittany Sesky.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter one Leadership. The US President lives in the White House.
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  Speaker 1: It is a symbol of the US government. It also
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  Speaker 1: stands for freedom. The White houses in Washington, d c.
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  Speaker 1: That city is America's capital. The government meets and works there.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter two History. Presidents have lived in the White House
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  Speaker 1: for hundreds of years. They can make changes to the
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  Speaker 1: White House. They might buy new rugs or tables. Over time,
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  Speaker 1: presidents add wings to make the building bigger. There are
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  Speaker 1: hundreds of rooms in the White House today. They are
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  Speaker 1: spread out over six floors. Chapter three. Inside the White House,
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  Speaker 1: the President's family lives in the middle part of the
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  Speaker 1: white House. There are also many rooms in this part
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  Speaker 1: of the house. Reporters go to the West Terrace to
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  Speaker 1: hear news from the President. The White House also has
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  Speaker 1: a pool in places to play basketball, tennis, golf, and bowling.
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  Speaker 1: The president offices in the West wing. There are also
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  Speaker 1: rooms for reporters. The East wing is home to more offices.
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  Speaker 1: The East Terrace has a movie theater. Chapter four Importance.
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  Speaker 1: Presidents hold important events at the White House to honor
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  Speaker 1: great Americans. Presidents also welcome world leaders to visit the
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  Speaker 1: White House. These visits help build peace. They build good
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  Speaker 1: relationships between the United States and other countries. The White
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  Speaker 1: House is a symbol of US leadership in the world.
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  Speaker 1: Next door, it's called Discovery the United States, Maryland and
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  Speaker 1: it was published by kids Corn in print of ab
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  Speaker 1: Doo Publishing. It has a copyright year of twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: The author's angela Lean. Chapter one, the Star Spangled Banner
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  Speaker 1: was September thirteenth, eighteen fourteen. Canan fire ran out through
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  Speaker 1: the night at Fort McHenry in Baltimore Miller, Maryland. British
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  Speaker 1: forces swarmed the fort. United States had been at war
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  Speaker 1: with Great Britain for two years. They were fighting over
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  Speaker 1: block trading routes. Fort McHenry overlooked the Baltimore Harbor. American
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  Speaker 1: lawyer Francis Scott Key was on a ship in the harbor.
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  Speaker 1: He watched his British ships fired rockets at the Fort,
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  Speaker 1: can and ball struck nearby ships. Smoke filled the air
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  Speaker 1: fighting continued through the night. In the morning, Key was
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  Speaker 1: not sure who had won the battle. The British could
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  Speaker 1: have taken over Fort McHenry. That would mean the bridge
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  Speaker 1: would be in control of Baltimore. Key watched as the
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  Speaker 1: flag was raised over Fort mckenry. The US flag waved
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  Speaker 1: in the wind. American forces had won. Key felt inspired
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  Speaker 1: by the victory. He began to write a poem tie
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  Speaker 1: titled The Star Spangled Banner, later become the lyrics to
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  Speaker 1: the national anthem of the United States. Land Maryland is
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  Speaker 1: part of the South region of the United States. Pennsylvania
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  Speaker 1: borders Maryland to the north. To the south of the
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  Speaker 1: state is Virginia. West. Virginia is on the west, and
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  Speaker 1: Delaware in the Atlantic Ocean. From the eastern border, the
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  Speaker 1: Chesapeak Bay extends into Maryland from Virginia. This body of
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  Speaker 1: water connects to the Atlantic Ocean. The Chesapeake Bay runs
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  Speaker 1: for about one hundred and ninety five miles is located
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  Speaker 1: in the eastern part of the state. Maryland also has
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  Speaker 1: plains and mountains. Regions of Maryland. Maryland can be divided
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  Speaker 1: into three regions. The easternmost region includes coastal plains. This
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  Speaker 1: area has a low elevation. The Pimont region is in
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  Speaker 1: central Maryland its rolling hills. The Appalachian region is in
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  Speaker 1: the western part of the state. Elevation is highest there.
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  Speaker 1: Climate is mild temperatures year round. Rain is common in the
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  Speaker 1: state throughout the year, but snowfall is uncommon. Western Maryland
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  Speaker 1: is more likely to have snow than Eastern Maryland. The
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  Speaker 1: Steak gets some types of extreme weather. Hurricanes and tropical
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  Speaker 1: storms often occur in August and September. These natural disasters
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  Speaker 1: cause flooding and power outages. Tornadoes and wild fires also
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  Speaker 1: affect the state. Maryland facts. The state bird is the
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  Speaker 1: Baltimore oriole. The state trees the white oak. The state
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  Speaker 1: flower is black eyed Susan. The state dog is a
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  Speaker 1: Chesapeake Bay retriever. The date of statehood is April twenty eighth,
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  Speaker 1: seventeen eighty eight. The capital is in Aplis' population is
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  Speaker 1: six million, one hundred sixty four thousand, six hundred and
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  Speaker 1: sixty and the area is twelve thousand, four hundred and
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  Speaker 1: six square miles. Primary source. The first part of Francis
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  Speaker 1: Scott Key's poem That Star Spangled Banner includes these lines
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  Speaker 1: and the rockets red glare. The bombs first in the
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  Speaker 1: year gave proof through the night that our flag was
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  Speaker 1: still there. Comparing texts, think about the quote. How does
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  Speaker 1: it connect to the information in this chapter or does
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  Speaker 1: it give a different perspective? Explain how in a few sentences.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter two, The People of Maryland. The first people arrived
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  Speaker 1: in what is now Maryland about ten thousand years ago.
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  Speaker 1: Approximately eight thousand American Indians lived in the region. By
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  Speaker 1: one thousand BCE, they belonged to forty different nations. Many
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  Speaker 1: of these nations spoke Algonquin languages. Today, Maryland has no
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  Speaker 1: federally recognized tribes, but the state recognizes three tribes. They
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  Speaker 1: are the Piscatawa Indian nation, the Piscatawe Conway Tribe, and
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  Speaker 1: the Akahonic Indian tribe. European colonists first came to Maryland
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  Speaker 1: region in sixteen thirty four. They began to take over
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  Speaker 1: the land. Many American Indians were forced to leave their homes.
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  Speaker 1: The colonists brought enslaved African people with them. Slavery became
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  Speaker 1: legal in Maryland in sixteen sixty four, remained legal until
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  Speaker 1: eighteen sixty four. In eighteen sixty five, the US government
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  Speaker 1: passed a law that made slavery illegal throughout the country.
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  Speaker 1: In twenty twenty two, more than six point one million
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  Speaker 1: people lived in Maryland. About forty eight percent of the
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  Speaker 1: people were white, more than thirty one percent were black.
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  Speaker 1: Hispanic and Latino people made up eleven percent of the population,
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  Speaker 1: and about seven percent of the people were Asian. Maryland
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  Speaker 1: is the only US state that has flag based on
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  Speaker 1: when it was ruled by Great Britain. The flag's patterns
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  Speaker 1: represent two important families in Maryland's early history. We will
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  Speaker 1: continue this story next time. So this concludes our children's story,
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  Speaker 1: I ore for today. Please join us next time. As
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  Speaker 1: we were reading more story fables and fairy tales. Thank
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