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There are more than 400 National Parks across america covering over 85 million acres of land with locations at every state. More than 325 Million People visited the sites last year. Over the next 90 minutes we will feature a mixture of Natural Beauty and history at eight different parks around the country. We begin just outside cleveland at Cayuga National park. Situated a along the river will learn how the canal system here plays a role in the expansion during the 18 thirties and forties. The ohio eerie canal is part of the two canal system. That was actually put in place in the early years of america, built between 1825 and 1832, and basically its a water transportation route that connected lake erie with the ohio river, which is part of a larger idea. A National Water transportation route. In the early days of america, we had 13 colonies also tweeted right along the atlanta seaboard. And our leaders at the time saw a problem. That problem was we needed the country to expand westward
There are more than 400 National Parks across america, covering over 85 million acres of land with locations in every state. More than 120 5 Million People visited the site dear. We will feature a mixture of Natural Beauty and history at eight different parks around the country. We begin just outside cleveland. Situated along the river, we will learn how the canal system here lies a major role in our nations westward expansion 1840s. 1840s and the ohio and you are canal as part of a system that was put in place in the early years of america, between 1825 and 1832. It is a water transportation route that connected lake erie with the ohio river, which is part of a larger idea. A National Water transportation route. In the early days of america we had colonies situated right along the atlantic seaboard. Our leaders at that time so i problem. The problem was, we needed that country to expand westward. There was a big obstacle the appellation mountains. Our first president happened to be a
Covering up a factual truth, about history, is not empowering. In fact, this gives the mural power over them. It hides it, buries it and therefore gives it unconscious power over someone. This does not empower our young adults. [applause] before you get started, sir. Im going to allot, we are at the last 16 seconds, im going to allot five additional minutes. If the people in line want to coordinate whos going to use the five last minutes, it is up to you. Im not going to stop anyones time, i will let you organize amongst yourself around the last five minutes. Were going to start it, before you get started can you put the timer back to five minutes, please . Again, before you get started listen, you get a chance to speak. Im not going to end it one minute. If you take off i minutes, you just took off i minutes, sir. Continue. This issue has become too controversial. Too many people are getting upset. It is clear that we are going to have to cover the mural somehow. The only question is,
Dialogue. Why not have a mural class at George Washington high school. It is possible to do individual murals. I would like George Washington High School Students doing their murals. You can make them about the size, and they can do response murals and these can be exhibited. If one of our young adults feels the need to respond personally to one of these barrels to empower themselves, they can do a response mural. There is many ways we can empower our youth, but simply covering up a factual truth, about history, is not empowering. In fact, this gives the mural power over them. It hides it, buries it and therefore gives it unconscious power over someone. This does not empower our young adults. [applause] before you get started, sir. Im going to allot, we are at the last 16 seconds, im going to allot five additional minutes. If the people in line want to coordinate whos going to use the five last minutes, it is up to you. Im not going to stop anyones time, i will let you organize amongst