Sweeping across 2000km (1,242 miles) of the east coast of Queensland in Australia, the Great Barrier Reef is made up of approximately 2900 individual coral reefs, covering an area of 350,000 square kilometres. The reef is the largest structure on earth made by living creatures and is one of the most beautiful, but sadly, most [...]
The Paiute Indians call it Kaibab, or ‘Mountain Lying Down’. John Wesley Powell gave it its more commonly known name in 1872.
One of the most spectacular examples of rock erosion, stretching for 277 miles where the Colorado river cuts through Northwest Arizona, it is little wonder that the Grand Canyon is widely proclaimed as one [...]
President Hoover, Mr. Chief Justice, my friends:
This is a day of national consecration. And I am certain that on this day my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency, I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impels.
This is preeminently [...]
[Administering of the Oath of Office]
Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, Reverend Clergy, fellow citizens:
We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom — symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning — signifying renewal, as well as change. For I [...]