Our ancestors crossed a vast ocean, strode into the unknown wilderness and carved their fortunes from the rock and soil of a perilous and very dangerous frontier. They chased our destiny across a boundless continent. They built the railroads, laid the highways, and graced the world with American marvels like the empire State Building, the mighty Hoover Dam and the towering Golden Gate Bridge. They lit the world with electricity, broke free of the force of gravity, fired up the engines of American industry, vanquished the Communists, Fascists and Marxists all over the world, and gave us countless modern wonders sculptured out of iron, glass and steel. (1:36:21–1:36:35)
CLAIM
Asserts that Americans built significant infrastructure and landmarks.
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