Rec: The Line in the Sand on NPR

Morning Edition is running a series this week on the influence of the 19th Century on 21st Century America and today's was on the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican War and established the southwestern border of the United States.

Good timing, Steve Inskeep!

http://www.npr.org/2011/07/12/137677462/the-line-in-the-sand-dividing-the-u-s-and-mexico