To tonights program and thank you so much for being here. My name is marcia eli i come to you from the center for brooklyn history at the Brooklyn Public Library and bpl presents, which is the librarys arts and culture arm that brings you so many programs and conversations like tonights as well as musical performances family and children events literary and philosophical discussions and so much more tonights program the history of lenape forced removals is one part of a much larger and farraging initiative that bpl is honored to be presenting in partnership with and with the wisdom and leadership of the Lenape Center. Titled will not be hoking. This Initiative Includes new yorks first ever la not be curated exhibition of lenape cultural arts, which is now on view at bpls Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education center as well as many future programs on topics like the myth of the purchase of manhattan. Seed remitriation well have poetry readings and theres an upcoming published a
And the doctor was pretty hopeful for that one either have the high fema. But he was still pretty upset, obviously that he had lost everything except his legs. So he was with us at least two weeks, which is usually the 14 days is usually the amount of time that they, that someone that seriously injured would be with us. And every day we would sit down and write a letter to his newlywed wife and then, his wife did get some letters through to him. So we would sit and read it to him and then we would sit and write some more letters for him. He was finally medevacs to japan. Then he ended up back in colorado, and he was one of the first bionic arms for the army. So he wrote to us. He wrote back to us to tell us this. And this was so important to us because we never knew whats happened to the fellows after they left us. And again, here he was supporting us, letting us know that he did okay. Even though things, hes already been to, he says i cant go any further. He said but i am going to mak
That bpl is honored to be presenting in partnership with and with the wisdom and leadership of the Lenape Center. Titled will not be hoking. This Initiative Includes new yorks first ever la not be curated exhibition of lenape cultural arts, which is now on view at bpls Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education center as well as many future programs on topics like the myth of the purchase of manhattan. Seed remitriation well have poetry readings and theres an upcoming published anthology of essays on lownape history. Its quite ambitious. I am humbled. To represent my bpl colleagues who have led this ambitious effort. Its truly my honor to introduce tonights discussion on their behalf. In a few moments youll hear three perspectives on a history that has too long been overlooked misrepresented and lied about for 10,000 years the not be lived and will not be hooking an area that includes parts of what are now the states of pennsylvania, connecticut to york and delaware. And through wa
The view from dilworth park. The rain really coming down there. 65 degrees right now. Showers lining off to the south. You see heavy showers offshore. Thats where the thunderstorms are right now. Dont expect to see thunder and lightning today in new jersey and points to the north, you can see rainfall thats not going to last all day. Showers a slight chance of showers later on. Temperatures now in the 60s. 69 degrees in northeast philadelphia. Philadelphia international is 65 degrees. And the temperatures will climb into the 70s this afternoon. But just barely into the 70s. We will see rain taper off first thing this morning. Clouds break for some sunshine. And then by lunchtime, 70 degrees. Jillian mele is watching the traffic. Looks like its a bit damp behind you there, jillian. It is. The roads are wet. We have a number of problems out there, bill. The good news, all of them are pretty minor, were not dealing with any serious accidents but we do have a few problems. This is a vehicl