colorado river. theodore roosevelt called it the one great site which every american should see and it was one hundred years ago in one thousand nine hundred nineteen that president woodrow wilson declared it a national park a concerted move to preserve a natural wonder of the world that today attracts some six million visitors every year. i can just imagine myself standing on that rim staring into the sunset scott roxboro my colleague from d.w. culture is here and thanks for joining us scott of such an awesome place for really a unesco world heritage site on top of it all tell us something about the significance of the grand canyon in terms of how americans it makes american feed themselves yeah i think it's interesting because the great and obviously huge amazing natural beauty but it's also it's