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7.26.26 - Part 2 · Children's Hour

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Reali's turn Story Hour as a
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  Speaker 1: Reminder is a reading service intending for people who are
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  Speaker 1: blind or of other disabilities that make it difficult to
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  Speaker 1: read printed material. Today we will be reading from various books.
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  Speaker 1: The subject on the United States of America. Your reader
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  Speaker 1: today is Diane. We will begin with the book on
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  Speaker 1: the fourth of July, and it was published by for
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  Speaker 1: Our Strauss Garoks for Young Readers and in print of
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  Speaker 1: McMillan Publishing. It has a copyright year of twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: three and the author of the book is Maggie c Rudde.
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  Speaker 1: On the fourth of July, when the sun sinks low,
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  Speaker 1: when the sparklers come out and the fireflies go, when
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  Speaker 1: the cookouts are over, and the poolgates are closed, when
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  Speaker 1: coolers are empty and sunburn show, then we'll walk from
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  Speaker 1: our houses. We'll parade into ten. We've been waiting all
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  Speaker 1: day for the sun to go down. We'll ride high
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  Speaker 1: on shoulders. We'll race on our bikes, will lift flags
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  Speaker 1: above us and wave stars and stripes, will blow horns
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  Speaker 1: and fly streamers, let freedom ring, Happy Birthday America. The
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  Speaker 1: people will sing, will lay out our quilts, or will
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  Speaker 1: perch on our cars. We'll set up our long chairs
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  Speaker 1: and look to the stars. We'll laugh with our neighbors,
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  Speaker 1: will chat with our friends. Then a canyon will boom
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  Speaker 1: and the fireworks will begin. A bright silver shower will
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  Speaker 1: glitter and glow, and just as it dims, another explodes.
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  Speaker 1: Red sends out sparklers, Blue scatters and dances, and gold
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  Speaker 1: paints the sky as purple sells by flung from a
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  Speaker 1: paintbrush on a canvas of sky, a landscape of color,
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  Speaker 1: the art of July. They pop and they crackle, they
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  Speaker 1: echo one pound, They sing and they whistle. They jump
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  Speaker 1: and they bound. A pause near the end, since a
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  Speaker 1: hush through the streets. The finale begins, and folks leap
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  Speaker 1: to their feet like a song full of spirit, like birds.
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  Speaker 1: How they'll glide. The people will look on with wonder,
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  Speaker 1: with pride, and when it's all over, the celebration will end.
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  Speaker 1: We'll pack up our blankets, wave goodbye to our friends.
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  Speaker 1: We'll take our time leaving. We'll gaze at the sky.
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  Speaker 1: We'll crawl into back seats and rub tired eyes. We'll
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  Speaker 1: hold hands with our parents and swing from their arms.
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  Speaker 1: We'll head back to our houses, our fields and our
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  Speaker 1: farms will lie in our beds when July fourth is through,
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  Speaker 1: and we'll dream of the colors red, white and blue.
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  Speaker 1: Our next book is titled The Capital Meet, The Nation's
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  Speaker 1: Capital Book, and it was published by Harbor and Imprint
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  Speaker 1: of Harper Collins Publishers. Has a copyright ear of twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty two. The author of the book is Lindsay Wards.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the United States Capital. The Capital is the
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  Speaker 1: meaning place of the United States Congress, the Senate and
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  Speaker 1: the House of Representatives, which composed theateive branch. There are
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  Speaker 1: three branches of the United States government, Legislative, executive, and judicial.
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  Speaker 1: The Capital is both a national monument and a working office.
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  Speaker 1: Millions of people visit the capital every year. The Congress
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  Speaker 1: first met in the Capitol Building in November seventeenth, eighteen hundred.
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  Speaker 1: Have you ever been to the Capitol. Let's look at
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  Speaker 1: the people who work there. What do they do? There's administration,
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  Speaker 1: the payroll officer, a budget officer, accountant, and a lawyer.
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  Speaker 1: The cleaning crew, the janitor, the custoial supervisor, and the recycler.
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  Speaker 1: The Capitol Police the chief of Police and police. Capital
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  Speaker 1: Guide Service, which are professional tour guides medical staff, a
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  Speaker 1: doctor and nurse, food services chef, dishwasher, server, host, gift shop,
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  Speaker 1: the manager and the sales clerk, architect of the capital,
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  Speaker 1: the curiator, the painter and the mason, auto visual crew,
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  Speaker 1: the engineer and technician, and the press journalists and reporter. Wow,
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  Speaker 1: that's a lot of people. Can you count them all?
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  Speaker 1: There are many different types of jobs in the Capitol.
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  Speaker 1: Some people who work in the capital help make laws
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  Speaker 1: and represent the voices of the people. Some give tourists
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  Speaker 1: to visitors and teach them about United States history. Others
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  Speaker 1: project and take care of the building itself. In the Senate,
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  Speaker 1: you have the constitutional mandated officers, the Vice President of
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  Speaker 1: the United States, the President pro Tempore, the reading Clerk,
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  Speaker 1: Clerk of the Senate. You have senators, the majority leader,
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  Speaker 1: the Minority leader, and the whips. You have the Senate
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  Speaker 1: elected officers and officials, which include Secretary of Senate, Sergeant
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  Speaker 1: at Arms, Senate Parliamentarian, Secretary for the Majority, Secretary for
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  Speaker 1: the Minority, Senate chaplain. Appointed Senate officers such as the
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  Speaker 1: Senate historian, and curator. The House of Representatives include the
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  Speaker 1: Speaker of the House, Assistant Speaker, Majority Leader, Minority leader
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  Speaker 1: and whips. The House elected officers and officials, which are
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  Speaker 1: the Chief Administrative Officer, the Clerk of the House, Sergeant
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  Speaker 1: of Arms, Chaplain of the House, General Council, Legislative Council,
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  Speaker 1: House Parliamentarian, House Historian, Inspector General, and House Curator. Did
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  Speaker 1: you do you know that Capitol Hill employs twenty thousand people.
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  Speaker 1: Every job is important. Lots of people are visiting the
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  Speaker 1: Capitol today. This is Peter. He is visiting his dad,
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  Speaker 1: a mason at the Capitol. Nema is here to meet
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  Speaker 1: her mom. Nema's mom is a United States Center. Did
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  Speaker 1: you know in the center of the anticipation hall sits
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  Speaker 1: Thomas Crawford's model for the Statue of Freedom. In eighteen
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  Speaker 1: sixty casting for the Statue of Freedom began. It was
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  Speaker 1: to sit on the dome of the Capitol. Philip Red,
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  Speaker 1: an enslaved worker at the foundry, engineered a way to
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  Speaker 1: disassemble the sections using a pulley and tackle system. By
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  Speaker 1: the time the Statue of Freedom was ready to be
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  Speaker 1: installed atop the dome in December eighteen sixty three, Philip
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  Speaker 1: Red was a freeman. Here, Gabriel is helping his grandma.
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  Speaker 1: She is a member of the Capital Guide Service, which
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  Speaker 1: gives tours to visitors. Gabriel hands out headphones as he
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  Speaker 1: and his grandma Greek visitors arriving at the Capitol. The
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  Speaker 1: Capital is a huge place. It is five floors with
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  Speaker 1: a connecting Capital Visitor Center. It covers over one point
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  Speaker 1: five million square feet. Wow, that's big. Can you guess
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  Speaker 1: which sections Peter, Nina and Gabriel will visit today? There's
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  Speaker 1: a House chamber, a South Wing, Cox Corridors, National Statuary Hall,
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  Speaker 1: the Crypt, the Old Supreme Court Chamber, the Old Senate Chamber,
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  Speaker 1: the Bramidi Corridors, the Senate Chamber, the Small Senate Rotunda,
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  Speaker 1: the Dome and the Rotunda. Did you know? Building began
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  Speaker 1: for the United States Capitol in seventeen ninety three, in
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  Speaker 1: time without power tools or any modern machinery. Peter walks
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  Speaker 1: to the Senate Wing with his dad. They passed through
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  Speaker 1: the Crypt and head towards the small Senate Rotunda. Today,
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  Speaker 1: Peter Stad is porn concrete to repair a section of
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  Speaker 1: the floor in the Capitol. Peterstad is one of many
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  Speaker 1: skilled workers who make up the Office of the Architect
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  Speaker 1: of the Capitol. Did you know the compasstone in the
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  Speaker 1: floor of the crypt represents where the tour quadrants of Washington,
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  Speaker 1: d C. Come together. Thet of the Capitol takes care
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  Speaker 1: of all the buildings on Capitol Hill, including the Capitol.
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  Speaker 1: They employ more than two thousand people. Meet the members
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  Speaker 1: of the architect of the Capitol. You have the architect
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  Speaker 1: who preserves maintains the architecture integrity of the Capitol. The
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  Speaker 1: electrician who maintains, preserves, and refurbishes thousands of miles of
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  Speaker 1: electrical wiring over one hundred thousand light fixtures. The engineer
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  Speaker 1: maintains electrical, mechanical, civil safety, plumbing, and environmental structure throughout
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  Speaker 1: the Capital. The subway operator who drives and operates the
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  Speaker 1: subway system below the Capital. The plumber who maintains, repairs,
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  Speaker 1: and cares for all plumbing and piping systems in the Capitol.
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  Speaker 1: The tour guide who meets, greets, and guides visitors through
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  Speaker 1: the Capital. Mechanic maintains and repairs all mechanical and digital
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  Speaker 1: equipment in the Capitol. Photographer captures events, artifacts, and seasons
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  Speaker 1: in the Capitol. A preservationalist who preserves and maintains historical objects, monuments,
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  Speaker 1: and furniture throughout the capital. The painter who maintains and
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  Speaker 1: cares for all ornamental painting in the capital. The gardener
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  Speaker 1: who takes care of the gardens and landscapes on the
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  Speaker 1: fifty eight acres surrounding the capital. The archchevist who researches, preserves,
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  Speaker 1: and maintains historical documents in the architect of the Capital Archives.
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  Speaker 1: Woodworker who uses ode and modern techniques to preserve and
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  Speaker 1: maintain woodwork, cabinry and doors throughout the capitol. Plasterer who
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  Speaker 1: maintains preserves plaster throughout the Capitol. Curture who conserves and
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  Speaker 1: maintains art artifacts, buildings, rooms and landscapes around the Capitol.
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  Speaker 1: And the mason preserves and cares for all the stone, marble,
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  Speaker 1: brick and granted in the Capitol. Each worker has a
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  Speaker 1: unique skill set together make they make sure the Capitol
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  Speaker 1: and the grounds are preserved and maintained. Do you know
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  Speaker 1: anyone who does a job like these? What are those
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  Speaker 1: Peter stops just before the wet concrete? His data is
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  Speaker 1: poured in front of the ode Supreme Court Chamber. Paw
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  Speaker 1: prints from a cat there's a cat here cool Peter
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  Speaker 1: Stead Radios to the Capitol Police and explains the situation.
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  Speaker 1: There's a cat loose in the Capitol. We are on it,
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  Speaker 1: Thanks James. The Capitol has its own police force. The
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  Speaker 1: Capitol Police are in charge of safeguarding and patrolling the
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  Speaker 1: United States Capital Complex. Did you know the old Supreme
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  Speaker 1: Court Chamber was used as the courtroom of the Supreme
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  Speaker 1: Court from eighteen ten to eighteen sixty. The United States
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  Speaker 1: Capitol Police Force was officially established in eighteen twenty seven
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  Speaker 1: by President John Quincy Adams. Peter and his dad look around.
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  Speaker 1: They walk through the Senate Connecting corridor, down the Bermidi corridors,
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  Speaker 1: and end up in the East Grand Staircase. No cat.
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  Speaker 1: Then Peter sees a flicker of light heading up the
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  Speaker 1: stairs to the Senate Gallery. Peter is dead. Rush up
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  Speaker 1: to the stairs and find Nima sitting in the gallery,
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  Speaker 1: but not the cat. Nima is on the soccer team
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  Speaker 1: with Peter. Nina is waiting for her mom while the
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  Speaker 1: Senate is in session. Do you see the cat? What
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  Speaker 1: is he doing? Hey Nima? Hey Peter, what are you
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  Speaker 1: doing here? Mike, Dave and I are looking from a
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  Speaker 1: serious cat who left paw prints in some wet concrete.
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  Speaker 1: Oh I love a good mystery. Can I help? Nima
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  Speaker 1: tells her mom's chief of staff, Thomas, that she'll meet
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  Speaker 1: her mom later. Inside the Senate chamber, one hundred United
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  Speaker 1: States senators, two from each state, represent the voices of
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  Speaker 1: their assistants while discussing, debating, and voting on policy and legislation.
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  Speaker 1: There's a whole team of people who help each senator
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  Speaker 1: and represent the representative do their job. Those are the
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  Speaker 1: people who help them. We have the gener general office
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  Speaker 1: aid who greets people in ANSWER's phones, the interns right
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  Speaker 1: correspondence handlemil and answer phones. The office manager make sure
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  Speaker 1: everyone in the office is taken care of, handles, supplies,
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  Speaker 1: and payroll. The scheduler solely respond posible for the schedule
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  Speaker 1: of the senator or representative. The chief of staff, who
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  Speaker 1: oversees the entire staff. The deputy chief of staff who
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  Speaker 1: helps the chief of staff. The executive assistant who assists
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  Speaker 1: the senator in chief of staff directly. Communications director oversees
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  Speaker 1: all communications. Press Secretary engages with the press on behalf
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  Speaker 1: of the senator or representative. Speech writer writes speeches for
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  Speaker 1: the senator. Legislative Director oversees and helps with policy development.
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  Speaker 1: Senior legislative assistants subject manner experts for developing an understanding
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  Speaker 1: policy on housing, engineer, education, healthcare, transportation, and science technology.
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  Speaker 1: They have their lead legislative assistants that help them and
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  Speaker 1: the legislative correspondent who drafts letters, tracts legislation, conducts legislative research,
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  Speaker 1: and meets with constituents and interest groups. Senators and representatives
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  Speaker 1: spend most of their time in Washington, DC when Congress
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  Speaker 1: is in session. Their teams help them create right and
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  Speaker 1: discuss policy on behalf of their contentuents. There are also
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  Speaker 1: people who help senators and representatives in their home state
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  Speaker 1: or district, such as the state director who works with
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  Speaker 1: the chief of staff and coordinates where the senator goes
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  Speaker 1: when they are in their home state, the district director
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  Speaker 1: who oversees the senator of representative's office in their home
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  Speaker 1: estate or district, the deputy district director and the staff
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  Speaker 1: assistant who help the district director. The district representative who
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  Speaker 1: serves as the representative for the senator or representative at
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  Speaker 1: events and means their home state or district. These people
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  Speaker 1: are responsible for helping reach out to and understand the
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  Speaker 1: needs of their constituents on behalf of the center or representative.
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  Speaker 1: The Grants Coordinator who helps constituents, businesses, and universities with
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  Speaker 1: federal grants. The Legislative Council who provides counsel and understanding
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  Speaker 1: legal components of pausey and judicial nominations. Constituent Service Director
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  Speaker 1: and Constituent Service representatives who help constituents with problems concerning healthcare, passports,
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  Speaker 1: social security, and immigration. Have you ever written a letter
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  Speaker 1: to your senator or representative? Now? Nima, Peter and his
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  Speaker 1: dad are on the case. But where could the missing
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  Speaker 1: cat be? Peter, his dad, and Nima walk back down
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  Speaker 1: to the second floor. Nima and Peter race down the
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  Speaker 1: hall after the cat, but then a tour group steps
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  Speaker 1: in front of them. It's Gabriel. He's trailing the high
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  Speaker 1: the tour group his grandma is leading. In the small
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  Speaker 1: centate rotunda. Gabriel goes to school with Nima and Peter.
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  Speaker 1: Oh no, it's getting away. Hi, Nima, Hi, Peter, What
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  Speaker 1: are you guys doing. We are on the case, the
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  Speaker 1: case of the missing Capitol cat. Here in the Capitol.
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  Speaker 1: Gabriel joins them, waving to his grandma. The three friends
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  Speaker 1: follow Peterstead as he heads into the rotunda. Did you know?
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  Speaker 1: There are miles of corridors in the Capitol and the
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  Speaker 1: Capitol has approximately five hundred and forty rooms and eight
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  Speaker 1: hundred and fifty doorways. The rotundas crowded today. Everyone is
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  Speaker 1: here to be the magnificent Dome. Inside the rotunda there
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  Speaker 1: are lots of paintings, frescoes, sculptures and bust on display.
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  Speaker 1: Can you find Nima and Peter and Gabriel? Do you
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  Speaker 1: see the cat Where did it go? Did you know?
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  Speaker 1: The Capitol has six hundred and fifty eight windows, with
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  Speaker 1: one one hundred and eight of them in the dome alone.
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  Speaker 1: The rotundan the United States Capitol was designed by Charles
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  Speaker 1: Bullfinch and completing in eighteen twenty four. It is located
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  Speaker 1: below the Capitol Dome and is one of the most
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  Speaker 1: popular sections of the Capitol. The United States Capitol displays
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  Speaker 1: more than three hundred works of art, including paintings by
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  Speaker 1: Constantino Bermidi, John Trumborough, Bull, Thomas Crawford, and Vinnie Reim,
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  Speaker 1: a sculptor in the first female artist to create a
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  Speaker 1: commission work of art for the United States government. They
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  Speaker 1: weave through the crowds in National Statutory Hall, passed the
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  Speaker 1: House Chamber and up the west Grand staircase. Slow down.
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  Speaker 1: Looking over the House Chamber from the House gallery, Peter
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  Speaker 1: spots the cat. But the house is in session. We
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  Speaker 1: can't go in there. How are we going to get
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  Speaker 1: the cat out of the house? This ought to do it?
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  Speaker 1: Thanks Margo. Hmm. Peterstad has an idea. He uses his
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  Speaker 1: radio to make a call. Ten minutes later, a woman
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  Speaker 1: arrives carrying a train, meets them downstairs at the entrance
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  Speaker 1: to the House Chamber. This is Margot. She runs the
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  Speaker 1: kitchen in the Capitol Cafe. Margot pulls out a tuna sandwich.
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  Speaker 1: Did you know each state can send two statues display
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  Speaker 1: in the Capitol. While National Statutory Hall is too small
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  Speaker 1: to include all the statues, you can find the rest
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  Speaker 1: displayed in the Capital Visitors Center. You can watch Congress
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  Speaker 1: in action by sending in the Visitors Gallery above the
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  Speaker 1: Senate or House Chamber when Congress is in session. Can
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  Speaker 1: you help the cat find its way out? Peter's dad
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  Speaker 1: grabs the cat just as the Capitol police arrive with
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  Speaker 1: animal control. Did you find out if anyone is missing
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  Speaker 1: a cat? What will happen to the cat? No, we
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  Speaker 1: haven't received any calls and it's not wearing a collar.
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  Speaker 1: We'll keep it for the rest of the day and
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  Speaker 1: see if we hear anything. Did you know the House
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  Speaker 1: of Representatives there are four hundred and thirty five voting
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  Speaker 1: members and six non voting members who represent all the
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  Speaker 1: states as well as Washington, d C. And the United
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  Speaker 1: States territories. Peter, is dad, Nima, and Gabriel all hitch
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  Speaker 1: the Capitol Cafe and the Visitors Center for a snack.
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  Speaker 1: Solving mysteries is exhausting. Everyone is hungry. Soon, Gabriel's grandma
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  Speaker 1: joins them and say, the Capital Cafe. There are lots
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  Speaker 1: of visitors and employees. Welcome to the cafe. What can
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  Speaker 1: I get for you today? Here orders a tuna sandwich.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone laughs. After they finish eating, Gabriel and his grandma
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  Speaker 1: waved goodbye to Nima, Peter and his dad. Nima's mom
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  Speaker 1: is waiting by the subway station. There are three subway
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  Speaker 1: systems in the Capital that connect to the Senate and
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  Speaker 1: House offices outside the building. Senators and representatives use the
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  Speaker 1: subway to travel the buildings. Have you ever ridden on
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  Speaker 1: the subway? Peter and his dad stopped by one of
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  Speaker 1: the workshops. We've got one more stop, Peter, and then
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  Speaker 1: we'll head home. The capital has lots of workshops and
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  Speaker 1: machinery rooms in the basement. This is where the architect
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  Speaker 1: of the Capitol does carpentry, painting, and facility maintenance work.
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  Speaker 1: Peter's dad gathers his things to leave. They arrive at
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  Speaker 1: the Capitol police office. Peter sees the cat. Can we
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  Speaker 1: keep him? Peter smiles wide. I think this is one
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  Speaker 1: friend we can't say goodbye to today. What do you think, Peter,
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  Speaker 1: Come on, Capital, Let's go home. Peter's dad laugh as
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  Speaker 1: they leave the Capitol. It's been a busy day at
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  Speaker 1: the Capitol. What amazing place to celebrate our history, our freedom,
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  Speaker 1: and the power of people. No more running around the house.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe we'll just run around our house. What was your
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  Speaker 1: favorite part of the tour? Maybe one day you can
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  Speaker 1: visit the capital in Washington, d C. Two. Our next
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  Speaker 1: book is titled My United States, Washington, d C. It
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  Speaker 1: was published by Children's Press and Imprint of Scholastic Incorporated.
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  Speaker 1: It has a copyright year of twenty eighteen and the
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  Speaker 1: author of the book is Karen Kelleher. Welcome to Washington
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  Speaker 1: d C. Find the truth. Everything you're about to read
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  Speaker 1: is true except for one of the sentences on this page,
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  Speaker 1: which one is true? Washingt d C. Is home of
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  Speaker 1: the world's biggest library. Every American president has lived and
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  Speaker 1: worked in Washington, d C. Find the answers in this
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  Speaker 1: book Key Facts. The full name is Washington. District of
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  Speaker 1: Columbia says it's the US capital, which is not part
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  Speaker 1: of any state, is a special district run by the
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  Speaker 1: United States government, and the estimated population as of twenty
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  Speaker 1: sixteen is six hundred and eighty one thousand, one hundred
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  Speaker 1: and seventyssa in bassse Row. Countries around the globe send
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  Speaker 1: representatives called ambassadors to the United States. Men ambassadors live
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  Speaker 1: and work in a section of Washington, d C. Called
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  Speaker 1: Embassy Row. They fly the flags of their home countries
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  Speaker 1: outside their buildings. Then there's the White House. The mansion
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  Speaker 1: where the president lives and works, has six floors, one
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  Speaker 1: hundred and thirty two rooms, and thirty five bathrooms. It
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  Speaker 1: even has its own movie theater and bowling alley. Visitors
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  Speaker 1: can turch some parts of the building The National Mall.
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  Speaker 1: This mall is not for shopping. It is a two
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  Speaker 1: mile long grassy area lined with monuments, memorials, and museums.
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  Speaker 1: One of the most famous samples is the beautiful Lincoln Memorial,
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  Speaker 1: built to honor Abraham Lincoln, the country's sixteenth president. The
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  Speaker 1: US Capital don't let the spelling confuse you. The word
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  Speaker 1: capital within a refers to the host city of Washington,
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  Speaker 1: d C. But the Capital within now is the building
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  Speaker 1: where members of Congress meet to make the country's laws.
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  Speaker 1: It sits on a small hill known as Capitol Hill.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter one. Land and Wildlife. Washington, d C. Is nested
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  Speaker 1: on the eastern bank of the Potomac River between the
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  Speaker 1: states of Maryland and Virginia. It covers an area of
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  Speaker 1: about sixty eight square miles. Hundreds of years ago, the
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  Speaker 1: area where Washington d C now sits was mostly covered
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  Speaker 1: with forest and marshes. Today is a bustling urban area
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  Speaker 1: in the center of our nation's government, but this busy
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  Speaker 1: city still has plenty of nature for residents and visitors
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  Speaker 1: to enjoy. Lay of the land. Most of Washington, d C.
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  Speaker 1: Is part of a Geologi gold region called the Atlantic
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  Speaker 1: Coastal Plain. The land there is mostly paulaat and low.
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  Speaker 1: The city's northwest corner is part of a region called
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  Speaker 1: the Piedmont Plateau. It is known for its rolling hills.
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  Speaker 1: The lowest point in the city is the Potomac River,
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  Speaker 1: which is at sea level. The highest point is Point
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  Speaker 1: to Reno in the northwest section. It is four hundred
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  Speaker 1: and nine feet above sea level. Two rivers Washington you
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  Speaker 1: see is two rivers that come together to form the
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  Speaker 1: wide shape. The Potomac River flows southeast along the city's
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  Speaker 1: western border. The Anacostia River flows southwest across the city
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  Speaker 1: and joins the Potomac. There are several tiny islands within
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  Speaker 1: both rivers. Other bodies of water in the capitol include
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  Speaker 1: creeks and streams. The Tidal Basin is a special pool
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  Speaker 1: that was dug alongside the Platomac. It helps keep the
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  Speaker 1: river from overflowing into the city. Climate residents of Washington
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  Speaker 1: Sea need to be ready for all kinds of weather.
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  Speaker 1: Rainfalls about once every three days. Summers can get hot
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  Speaker 1: and sticky, with temperatures rising above eighty five degrees fahrenheit.
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  Speaker 1: Cooler temperatures make spring and fall popular times for tourists
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  Speaker 1: to visit the nation's capital. Washington's winters tend to be
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  Speaker 1: very mild. The city usually gets no more than fifteen
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  Speaker 1: inches of snow a year, but once every few years,
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  Speaker 1: big winter snowstorms bring three feet of snow or more
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  Speaker 1: Rock Creek Park. When most people think of Washington, d c.
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  Speaker 1: They probably don't picture leafy wilderness, but the capital is
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  Speaker 1: home to one of the biggest city parks in the
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  Speaker 1: United States. Rock Creek Park, in the northwestern part of
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  Speaker 1: the city, covers more than one thy seven hundred acres.
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  Speaker 1: This makes it twice the size of New York City's
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  Speaker 1: famous Central Park. Congress created the park in eighteen ninety
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  Speaker 1: to preserve a piece of the city's natural environment. Visitors
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  Speaker 1: can hike along forest trails, go canoeing in Rock Creek,
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  Speaker 1: look for wildlife and more. We will finish this story
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  Speaker 1: next time. So this concludes the children's story I Era
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  Speaker 1: for today. Please join us next time as we will
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  Speaker 1: bring more stories, fables and fairy tales. Thank you for listening.
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