From the 60 Minutes archive: Scott Pelley reports on the Capitol Dome

From 2013: It’s hard to imagine America without the Capitol Dome, but when you hear how it was created it becomes hard to imagine it exists at all.

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[PabloGonzalez-frmx]

“Most identifiable symbol of democracy”

[ss]

the first "civil war" joke went right over my head for like 5 minutes. Because they were both civil engineers!

[samuelrobinson]

Scott Pelley (and all of the 60 Minutes team) always will be the gold standard of journalism and good reporting.

[EveryDayThing]

Give the uploader for this channel a raise

[FalconTalk]

60 Minutes is hitting so many wholesome notes right now by doing this, in counteracting chaos and the people that want to cause it. Respect

[maidenfan]

thank you 60 minutes for this replay we need this

[cinematic_rc]

Still harder to get into a Vegas nightclub then the Capital

[donnamarie]

Thank you 60 minutes and Scott Pelley for an interesting look at the Capitol building.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏.
Too bad a 42 year old police officer was murdered by the thugs that breached security and invaded the Capitol on January 6th, 2021. It was divulged on one of the stations that the officer was hit about the head with a fire extinguisher. Please find these murderers. He was serving to protect the Capitol and was killed. Not right at all. Over three hundred thousand people have died from covid-19 on Trumps watch, plus five on January 6th, 2021. Shameful, very very shameful. God bless the young man's family. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[JudyThomas-vfvw]

Watching because I read the Marshall Report. 8.17.24 we better pray for our country y’all.

[billkenney]

Thank you for this, it's nice to be reminded of times before the madness.

[christinatolar]

And to think this sacred place was desecrated only yesterday by an angry mob carrying Confederate flags. It hurts my heart.

[guidomotshagen]

Thanks.
This is the symbol of democratic unity we need this January 2021.

[catbangs]

I probably would not have clicked on this video just a few days ago.

[MiguelHernandez-fvig]

I'm glad it didn't collapse when those sadistic attacked it like crazy animals.

[jodievukmir]

I wish those that storm the capital had gone to see this in person prior to that they would have understood democracy is not one man's dictatorship

[ryanj]

Unfortunately, the recent insurrectionists exposed how such a beautiful monument could be exploited by Foreign AND Domestic terrorist with little opposition. A sad state of affairs. I hope those responsible, including the antagonist President are held accountable.

[Mathias]

4:04 The sound guy trying so hard to get out of the shot.

[kmarlowe]

This video is like medicine to my soul. I didn’t realize just how much all that has been happening hurts until the history of the Capitol dome made me feel some pride in our country again. We’ve seen hard times before. We’ll get through this, too.

[zamsaleh]

Our country will stay strong 💪 United and freedom

[kristyrodriguez]

Thank you for this.
If not for the internet I would end up dying with very little knowledge of our country.
I have lived in a variety of western u.s. states and have traveled through the ones that I haven't lived in.
I managed to travel all the way to Michigan and through Iowa and Kansas.
The rest of the u.s. is still a mystery to me. I have never been further south ( east from where I have been) than west Texas. I have been through Chicago a few times and taken the Kansas city route to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where I stayed for about 6 months in '76
(1976, not 1776 ).my return trip took me through Iowa.
I wasn't there long enough to sightsee, so I still know very little about the states I traveled through.
Videos like this help me to feel as if I have been somewhere and seen something.
I would loved to see more of this history of our history, one location at a time.
Thank you again and God Bless.