Dam! [audio 3 minutes 42 seconds]

There is a monument of two enormous bronze angles on the Hoover Dam that embody the spirit of the men who designed and built this marvel of American progress. In 1931, during the height of the Great Depression, five thousand men and their families traveled to the desert of Nevada in the hope of employment. They were comprised of former commodities traders, obstetricians, hosiery salesmen and geometry teachers that were not used to working ten hour shifts in 130 degree heat. From their collective effort, the desert gave bloom to alfalfa fields, baseball diamonds and towns. Their lives and deaths will forever be remembered at the feet of these two enormous bronze angles.