The Panama Canal has a long and colorful
history. On December 31, at 12:00 midnight, one chapter in
this history 
closes
and another opens. As per the Panama Canal Treaty, signed by
American President Jimmy Carter and Panama's head of state
Omar Torrijos, full control of the canal and all of its
assets will be turned over to Panama. This project will look
at follow the last year as the turn over progresses. We will
be especially interested in what the people, students and
adults, are feeling and thinking as this historical moment
in history approaches. We will be building a number of
databases and plan to keep them on line as an archival
history of the event and eventually publish them in a CD-ROM
format. Material collected here will be considered "primary
resources" material in future years as in these databases
will be the thoughts and feelings of Panamanians, and
citizens from the United States and around the world.
