Marathon: These United States

As our nation marks its first 250 years, "Sunday Morning" examines some of the most remarkable and unique historical, technological and cultural elements of the American experience. 0:00 Lady Liberty 8:44 The Louisiana Purchase 10:39 Yellowstone National Park 12:40 Coney Island 14:54 Woody Guthrie's music of America 23:15 Tobacco, America's first cash crop 25:47 The rise of union power 28:25 The Golden Gate Bridge 30:38 A history of the Constitution 38:28 Brown v. Board of Education 41:21 Bright Ideas: Thomas Edison 48:36 The White House 52:04 Ken Burns on America's continuing revolution 59:47 Raising the flag 1:05:02 Walter Issacson on the greatest sentence ever written 1:07:56 Thanksgiving 1:10:23 The New Year's Eve ball drop 1:12:40 Voice of the civil rights movement 1:21:11 On the record: The gramophone 1:24:04 George Washington and climate change 1:29:07 Hollywood: The Dream Factory 1:37:25 An ode to baseball 1:39:50 The Marshall Plan 1:42:26 Broadway's George M. Cohan "CBS Sunday Morning" features stories on the arts, music, nature, entertainment, sports, history, science and Americana, and highlights unique human accomplishments and achievements. Check local listings for CBS Sunday Morning broadcast times. Subscribe to the "CBS Sunday Morning" YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/20gXwJT Get more of "CBS Sunday Morning": http://cbsn.ws/1PlMmAz Follow "CBS Sunday Morning" on Instagram: http://bit.ly/23XunIh Like "CBS Sunday Morning" on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3sRgLPG Follow "CBS Sunday Morning" on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1RquoQb Subscribe to our newsletter: http://cbsn.ws/1RqHw7T Download the CBS News app: http://cbsn.ws/1Xb1WC8 Try Paramount+ free: https://bit.ly/2OiW1kZ For video licensing inquiries, contact: [email protected]