Plunges and a financial panic gripped the world. This land is your land this land is my land from california to the New York Island i have but one desire, and that is to see my country again on the road to prosperity. This land was made for you and me let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. By the time Franklin Roosevelt gives his march 1933 inaugural speech, almost a quarter of the nation is unemployed. More than 5,000 banks have failed and drought is persisting in key agricultural areas of the country. Coming up in the next hour, stories from the Great Depression as we take you around the country to places like toledo. And then in 1931, five of the six largest banks in toledo all failed at the same time, which made it the largest banking failure of the Great Depression. Two successful Infrastructure Projects of the time still impacting us today. And to one ending in tragedy. Well take you to saint paul where depression gangsters and the corrup
Again holds a prosperity. This land was made for you and me firmt me insert my belief that the only thing we have to fear is, fear itself. Franklin time roosevelt gives his 1933 speech, a quarter of the nation is unemployed. The drought is persisting in key agricultural areas in the country. Faith. Le must have next hour,p in a stories from the Great Depression as we take you around the country to places like toledo. In 1931, 5 of the six largest banks which made it the largest ranking failure of the Great Depression. To successful Infrastructure Projects impacting us today. And to one ending in tragedy. Paul,l take you to st. Where depression era gangsters and the police force struck a bargain. Impact ofplore the new deal programs like the asilian conservation corps we have just outside amarillo, texas. We would not have this year if it was not for the occupation core. Ps. And we will hear about artists who tell details. Feature our cities tour with a trip to toledo, ohio. Toledo was
Now is in the southern section of puget sound, which is the Washington State and Pacific Northwest great inland water. When the Transcontinental Railroad came, there was talk about one day being able to stand puget sound. It was not an undertaking anybody was prepared to do. Federalhe depression programs, like the building of the coulee dam, there were big projects happening in the Pacific Northwest. Mid1930s there was talk about creating a bridge over puget sound. It would reach from tacoma to the kit sap peninsula. This bridge was opened on the first of july in 1940. After two years of construction. Bit of aa narrows is a wind tunnel. People working on the deck began to notice movement. Lifts like airplane wing in the bridge. Almost like Horizontal Movement they began to feel a vertical lift in the bridge, especially in the center span. Bridge,s no suspension anything like this, anywhere in the Pacific Northwest. Unfamiliarity of how a big thing like this was supposed to behave. Peop
before the midterm elections. and we are in the final stretch, as candidates work to reach still undecided voters. in the senate race in pennsylvania, it s all about swing voters in the suburbs. democratic lieutenant governor john fetterman is up against republican mehmet oz. the outcome of the race there is critical, if democrats want to keep their razor-thin majority in the senate. cnn national reporter dan meriga is live for us in philadelphia there today. how tight is this race this weekend? it s remarkably tight. you ve seen the lead, the polling lead that john fetterman had over the summer has narrowed in recent weeks. and both campaigns, democrats and republicans acknowledge, there s a smaller and smaller sliver of undecided voters in this contest. that s what they are seeking to reach. dr. oz has been off the campaign trail today. he appeared on fox news this morning. he spoke about crime and the importance of the debate on tuesday. that s the key date in this conte
Of immigrants and how they shaped america. Many thanks to the Historical Society for partnering with us on this and making this happen. This kind of program is the perfect fit with the work we do. We hold a permanently valuable records of our federal government and those includes immigration records, pension files, census material. Our shelves are filled with documents that tell the story of those who come to america, those struggles and achievements that you will hear about tonight. We are not only going to hear from a stellar panel of authors shortly, but following the program will have a reception and book signing with the panel in the theater lobby just outside. But first, i want to introduce the chair of the board, and president of the foundation of the National Archives. The foundation for the National Archives provides invaluable support for this and every program. And every event that we hold here at the archives. We are always thankful to amelia and to the other members of the