CD103 The Potomac River: Its Amazing Flow Through American History

Although the Mississippi River is far more famous, there are good reasons to call the Potomac our true national river. Professor Engel first reveals the fascinating symbolic importance of rivers in all our lives and then traces the peculiar path which the Potomac has taken in our nation's history, with an especially close look at one of the most remarkable cities along its route: Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.