The twentieth century can truly be said to have<br><br>been America's century. As the nation reached<br><br>the position of world leader, her towns and cities<br><br>changed at an unprecedented pace.<br><br>With the approach to the millennium, the topic<br><br>of change is on everyone's mind--how our<br><br>communities and lifestyles have changed over the<br><br>past century, and how we can endeavor to preserve<br><br>the past while facing the future in which the world<br><br>seems to change ever faster.<br><br>The American Century series documents and<br><br>celebrates our most recent history--featuring images<br><br>of faces and places which were taken within living<br><br>memory and yet that already seem to belong to a<br><br>long-past era.