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gateway to the country in new york, the statue of liberty, a gift from france by a french sculptor, bartoli. countless rivers and towns and universities, colleges all over the country with french names. we don't pronounce them the way they do, but the influence of france on this country is far greater than most americans appreciate. >> read the interview with david mccullough along with other noted storytellers from 25 years of our book notes and q&a presentations in c-span's "sundays at eight," now available at your favorite bookseller. >> next, from the mitscher tent on the gaithersburg city hall grounds in maryland, mark leibovich describes d.c. politics. [inaudible conversations] >> well, good afternoon, everyone. thank you for being here, and welcome to the fifth annual gaithersburg book festival. my name is sidney cats, and i have the honor of being the mayor. gaithersburg is a vibrant city that celebrates and supports the arts and humanities. we are pleased to bring you this fabulous event thanks to the generous support of our and volunteers, so please visit them today and say thanks

gateway to the country in new york, statute of liberty, a gift from france by a french sculptor, bartoli. countless rivers and universities and colleges all over the country with french names. we don't pronounce them the way they do, but the influence of france on this country is far greater than most americans appreciate. >> read the interview with david mccullough along with other noted storytellers from 25 years of our book notes and "q&a" conversations in c-span's "sundays at eight." now available at your favorite bookseller. >> and i really just dug in deep, and i didn't know what i would find. this some cases i had to -- in some cases i had to submit foias, freedom of information acts, to unearth certain documents for the more recent prime ministers that had not been unearthed yet. in some cases, for example, the reagan library in california, the archivist really kind of took my project to heart and spent some of her own time really trying to look for documents for me as i was sitting there going through the boxes that i had. when you do research, they bring out carts and poxes, an