gate bridge is a history overcome the doubts, the final thoughts, and achieving what many thought were impossible. even in an era of economic turmoil, in the middle of a depression, this bridge took just 4.5 years to build. indeed, the symbols of courage and innovation have always define this city, this region, the state, and our country, and they do still today. just think of the courage that it took for the bay area people to risk their homes, their farms, and their businesses, their very livelihood, as collateral for the bonds needed to build the bridge. just think of that sense of community. think of the curve required of joseph strauss and his colleagues when they engineered and constructed the bridge, and it kept reporting repeating the words of the critics. they will never build the bridge. no one can build a bridge over the golden gate because of insurmountable difficulties. that was what was said about it at the time. 75 years ago, at the completion of the internat
it is a gateway to the american dream. those immigrants and those troops are all a blessing to america. we can only imagine what was in their hearts and minds as they saw that it way. 75 years ago, people of courage and innovation decided that there would be a bridge. the mayor pat the describes that it is a symbol of innovation, then and now. built in the midst of the depression, as has been referenced, this bridge is a reminder that no matter what the daunting challenge, no matter how daunting, overwhelming, other, america always invests in big and bold endeavors. the construction of the golden gate bridge is a history overcome the doubts, the final thoughts, and achieving what many thought were impossible. even in an era of economic turmoil, in the middle of a depression, this bridge took just 4.5 years to build. indeed, the symbols of courage and innovation have always define this city, this region, the state, and our country, and they do still today. just think of the
leader pelosi is deeply committed to the beauty of the american dream. she is deeply committed to the beauty of the golden gate and our magnificent city. she is deeply committed to the beauty of america. to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the bridge and the 25th anniversary of congresswoman and democratic leader nancy pelosi, the national park service has probably made available its staff member martin stopped to sing one of her favorite songs. this song celebrates the beauty of america bridging us all, from sea to shining sea. [applause] 4 purple mountains majesty above the the rooted plain america america god grant his grace on thee and ccrown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea o, beautiful for patriot streams that sees beyond the years thine alabaster city sleeve undimmed by human america america god grant his grace on thee and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea [applause] martin, my goodness, that was absolutely beautiful. and n
everyone who was a part of all this. governor brown, oh, wow. [laughter] in the spirit of his remarks cynthia was carried over the bridge with her father. she was a baby at the time. in that spirit, as we commemorate the 75th anniversary, it is pretty exciting for us in the theme of, from sea to shining sea, national park service, national conservancy, golden gate, recreation area i would like to knowledge the role that president obama had in passing the recovery act, which provided some of the funds for us to be able to do the presidio parkway. the beat goes on in terms of enhancing what this means to us and what it does for us. in that spirit, i also want to acknowledge some one when the superintendent was speaking, he referenced this golden gate recreation area is celebrating its 40th anniversary. none of that would have been possible without the leadership in congress of congressman phillip burton, my predecessor there. [applause] and dr. it occur we burn, amy mey
american dream. she is deeply committed to the beauty of the golden gate and our magnificent city. she is deeply committed to the beauty of america. to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the bridge and the 25th anniversary of congresswoman and democratic leader nancy pelosi, the national park service has probably made available its staff member martin stopped to sing one of her favorite songs. this song celebrates the beauty of america bridging us all, from sea to shining sea. [applause] 4 purple mountains majesty above the the rooted plain america america god grant his grace on thee and ccrown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea o, beautiful for patriot streams that sees beyond the years thine alabaster city sleeve undimmed by human america america god grant his grace on thee and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea [applause] martin, my goodness, that was absolutely beautiful. and now, on behalf of the golden gate bridge and all that it