Ii. And professor urwin is a long time friend of this museum project. It is one of the great advantages of being in philadelphia, that we can be close neighbors to professor urwin, whose work on the british army in the American Revolution is extensive, and nuanced, and is always inspiring of our exhibits, and publications, and the development of our core exhibition, professor urwin played a crucial role in the display of the story of enslaved runaways, weighing the promise of the phillipsburg proclamation, announced by general clinton in 1779, which offered somewhat vaguely protection and perhaps freedom of run aways who made their way through to the british lines through consultation with a number of historians, particularly of africanAmerican History in this period, it became a really an imperative that we do two very challenging, often seemingly contradictory things with our tableau in showing people facing this question of whether to trust the british on this promise. And one was t
Still having the same conversations around ppe. And while those challenges still exist, i want to point out some information that was not accurate that i stated at the last press Conference Regarding fema. In particular, the information we were given by one of our sources that we were purchasing ppe from, and third party, basically provided us that information when we had anticipated the ppe to come to our location. We were preparing to purchase it and the excuse that we gave, that we were beyond frustrated with, was that these materials were diverted to some place else and confiscated by fema. As a result, that was along with a number of other challenges that exist and that was one that i was particularly frustrated with, else in light of the fact that we are working with fema are on our thoug hotels and food delivery. This was just very frustrating. We found out when the director of fema here in San Francisco reached out to our office to make it clear, that not only was this not true
We actually extended the deadline for fees, as well. We provided resources for paid sick leave so businesses can extend paid sick leave payments to their employees. We provided grants and loan opportunities with no interest and flexible repayment schedules. We have also provided arts grants for so many of our artists who rely on performances and other events in order to take care of themselves. As someone who not only loves San Francisco, but as someone who uses so many of our Small Businesses, whether it is the drycleaner that i have been going to since i could afford a drycleaner, or the person who does my hair or my nails or the musicians that play at the lounges and restaurants that i love to go to all over the city all of these very unique businesses are what matters to the people of this city. They are part of the fabric of our city. And i want to make sure that as we propose more funding and more support on the local level, that we are connecting to the people who need these res
With american infantry landed by helicopter on the edge of the village of near the northern coast of South Vietnam the platoon believed vietcong forces were in the area but they faced no resistance yet 504 innocents women children and old men were brutally dragged an. Army photographer captured moments of the bloody assault. When the story would have been leaked out more than a year later there was an investigation 25. 00 members of Charlie Company and their officers were charged. With murder there were few trials only one person. Was found guilty he was never punished. Charges against most of the soldiers were dismissed. The what is now family in an underground shelter a place where they all ate well how long. Did you stay down in the shelter. From 8 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon surrounded by his memories congress spent years wishing for a way to understand why the soldiers committed the crime that has devastated as a life what would it be like for you to meet a soldier who
Great lock down africa to sink into its 1st recession in 25 years come its Health Service take the strain of the pandemic and the story about sneak out but what does it mean for the economy plus europes current. Counting the cost and ill just say. Hello and welcome again to rewind im dead. Back in 2006 when we launched aljazeera english we set out to make the kind of documentaries other channels just wouldnt do and here on rewind were revisiting some of the best of them to find out how they came about and the story behind the story today were rewinding to 2008 a disturbing film about one of the most shocking atrocities of the vietnam war the massacre it was a major war crime and once it came to light the story sparked International Outrage adding to the growing pressure in america and around the world to bring an end to the war in vietnam in march 1968 Charlie Company a platoon of american infantry landed by helicopter on the edge of the village of me lie near the northern coast of Sou