Supporters of the proposed National Museum of the American People sent this unique music video to Capitol Hill today. It urges Congress and the public to support its request for a commission to study establishment of the museum.

(Click below for a wonderful treat; this serenade to Hill is mighty sweet!)

Ted Stevenson and Samantha Massell lobby Congress uniquely well.
They sing about E Pluribus Unum, motto of the American People museum.

The museum will tell the story about the making of the American People from the first people in the Western Hemisphere through today.

"Our goal is to make this the best story-telling museum in the world telling the amazing story of peoples coming from every corner of Earth and becoming American," said Sam Eskenazi, director of the Coalition for the National Museum of the American People.

The coalition consists of 150 organizations representing more than 60 different American ethnic, minority and nationality groups advancing creation of the museum.

The museum's resolution in Congress, HCR 27, has 40 bipartisan cosponsors. Rep. Jim Moran, D-VA, is the lead sponsor. No federal funding is being sought to plan, build or operate the museum.

The museum will tell the story in four chapters: 1. First Peoples Come (prehistoric period - 1607); 2. The Nation Takes Form (1607 - 1820); 3. The Great In-Gathering (1820 - 1924); 4. And Still They Come (1924 - present).

For all of the groups who became Americans, the museum will tell who they were, where they came from, when they arrived, why they left their homeland, how they got here, where they first settled, who was already here, what they encountered, where they moved after they arrived, how they became Americans and how they transformed our nation.

"The museum will embody our nation's original national motto, E Pluribus Unum – From Many One!" said Eskenazi. "People from every group will visit the museum to see their own story and will learn about all of the others."

"I know that every group would like to have their own museum in Washington telling their history," said Mr. Moran. "Right now there are no national museums in our capital telling the immigration and migration stories of any group."