National Cathedral stonemasons work to tell a more inclusive and honest history
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🗓️ 5 September 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Now to another story from the News Hours Student Reporting Lab, Summer Academy, where teens from around the country come together to hone their journalism and storytelling skills. |
| 0:10.0 | The Washington National Cathedral hired its first female stonemason this year, and she joins a team |
| 0:16.7 | overseeing the installation of stone tablets that symbolize the Cathedral's mission to be a sacred |
| 0:22.3 | gathering place where all Americans see |
| 0:24.4 | themselves reflected. Bella Major has the story. |
| 0:29.3 | And that's just a matter of, we'll start to pitch these lines. |
| 0:32.0 | They're all my boys, Sean and Andy and Joe, |
| 0:36.0 | and I wouldn't be here without them. |
| 0:38.0 | And they all teach me something different, |
| 0:40.0 | and I appreciate them so much. |
| 0:43.0 | Brianna Castelli is the newest addition to the crew of Stonemasons at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:50.0 | At 24 years old, she's the same age as headstone mason, Joe Alonso, when he began working at the cathedral in 1985. |
| 0:58.0 | The team is repairing damage from the 2011 earthquake. |
| 1:02.0 | So you basically cut out the damage stone |
| 1:03.8 | and then you find a new piece of stone to epoxy in. |
| 1:06.8 | I'm very glad she'll be a part of that. |
| 1:09.6 | Once we're gone, here you go. |
| 1:12.0 | And then here you go and now here you go and that's how it works. |
| 1:17.6 | You know, passing on your trade, your knowledge to someone else to the next generation. |
| 1:23.2 | To make yourself obsolete as a teacher, that's the goal. |
| 1:31.2 | Kustelli discovered stonemasonry while working in a coffee shop. |
| 1:35.0 | There was this guy that came in and he was all covered in dust and I was so taken by him. |
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