i'm ranger chris mullins. i'm from jacksonville, florida. folks, i have a great job. i have been working with the national park service since 1999. i have been all over the united states. i got my start in alaska, klondike gold rush national historic park. i spent a few summers out there, then i went to my hometown of jacksonville, work at a small little park on the banks of the st. johns river, fort caroline national memorial. i went to the outer banks of north carolina and worked at our nation's first national seashore, cape hatteras seashore. i moved north and have been working here at the statue of liberty at ellis island about seven years now. i have a great job. we want to protect these special places not only for today, we want to leave them unimpaired for future generations. that's our goal. folks, here we are at the statue of liberty, our nation's most famous national monument, a gift from the people of france, given to us, the people of the united states, in 1886 to commemorate our friendship, to commemorate our democracy. these folks know the statue has bec