to a baseball game and stand for the national anthem and they show pictures of the marines wait -- raising the flag at iwo jima, i get goosebumps. but i also think of the trailer feelin -- trail of tears and slavery. in order to really understand ourselves and our country, we have to look at both the good and skeletons in the closet. and we have to deal with that. and the united states, to a large extent, has dealt with a lot of it. but are we there yet? let's call it an evening. [applause] >> we can certainly carry on these conversations over refreshments in the rotunda.

>> the supreme court is scheduled to begin its new term on monday. earlier this year, a poll was conducted for c-span on the supreme court and the impact of its decisions. some of the decisions are more familiar with others for americans. roe v. wade at the top. 46% of americans familiar with brown v. board of education. executive producer mark farkas will tell us more about the series about the landmark decisions.

mark: all of our history series need to lend currency to the current moment. since it began, this poll really shows that the supreme court is relevant. it is encouraging for us. this series we are doing takes a look at 12 decisions over time. 8 of those decisions are listed in that poll. the court does play an important role in society. the genesis was ruth bader ginsburg talking to the constitution center dinner and she was talking to them about loving v. virginia. the point of it was she said there were two people involved in this case, so really what the court ought to be taking a look

at and what americans ought to take a look at is the people involved in all these cases. we wanted to take a look at historic supreme court decisions and the people involved, the personal stories, the people that cared enough to take the case all the way to the supreme court. >> when will the series air? more background about how these cases were chosen. mark: the series is a 12-part series beginning on the first monday in october. each monday night from nine -- 9:00 until 10:30. we will do 90-minute programs that takes a look at these 12 cases. >> the background on how these cases were chosen? there was a lot more than will

be shown during the series. mark: it was an interesting exercise. the supreme court has been meeting since 1790. we are trying to figure out how many cases they have decided over that time. it is probably 20,000. we had to narrow it down to 12. you could have a parlor game about it. we talked to scholars on the left and the right to come up with this list. there are a lot of great decisions, important decisions that are not on this list, but this is a good mix of different amendments to the constitution, personal stories. sometimes, the court got it right and set precedent that is followed all the way through until today and some of these, dred scott, cory monteith -- korematsu, are some cases where the court got it wrong. >> tell us which cases you will be featuring on monday night and why.

mark: monday night, we feature marbury v. madison. that is the foundation that a lot of the justices quote today. it is one of the most often cited cases in the history of the court. what it does is it establishes the court as the ultimate arbiter of the constitution, judicial review, which is still being debated today, whether the court is stepping into much. there is a debate going on. i think this shows there is relevance. whether the court should be deciding issues like gay marriage. marbury v. madison establishes that and it also is a great story that showcases the personal stories. there is a battle between john adams, thomas jefferson, and john marshall behind the scenes that is really the story of this case. it has legal import, but these are also personal stories that are engaging and illuminating on

the time period. >> 9:00 on monday night. tune in at 9:00 p.m. we appreciate it. mark: take you very much, greta. >> american history is joining our cable partners to showcase the history of santa rosa, callow or you. to learn more about the city's , visit015 tour c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with a look at santa rosa. gaye: sonoma county's agricultural history, i guess you could say began with wine. the first vines planted here were by general vallejo. at the mission before general vallejo, probably in the late