To the streets of old city philadelphia and imagine what life was like under british rule. One of the big agendas of the event is to present the fall of 1777 in a complicated way to show that for many of the people that remained in the city that winter this was an occupation and maybe a liberation from many of their perspectives and they wrote about in the period being liberated from the ash trar congress which is maybe something we can all aspire to some day. So we do this with living history programming in part because people come to museums to learn in all different ways to encounter the real things of history to have a Human Experience to connect with it and one way we bring it to life is with living history programming with the new Theatrical Program where richard storms into the room with guns blazing and the spoilers at the end of his life, but he maybe doesnt know that yet. We also do the larger living history events and its a pleasure to introduce these set of speakers because
Some of you exposed your own British Occupation, or perhaps liberation in the perspective of many. Its our third year in a row doing sort of what we call flagship living history event. We place about 70 costumed interpreters out on to the streets of old city philadelphia and imagine what life was like under british rule. One of the big agendas of the event is to present the fall of 1777 in a complicated way to show that for many of the people that remained in the city that winter this was an occupation and maybe a liberation from many of their perspectives and they wrote about in the period being liberated from the tire ran cat you certain asians of a tyrannical congress, which is maybe something we can all aspire to some day. So we do this with living history programming in part because people come to museums to learn in all different ways to encounter the real things of history to have a Human Experience to connect with it and one way we bring it to life is with living history progra
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Gate park here. That is hippie hill. Youre seeing the chain link fence, and nobody is inside there. Organizers say theyre doing a lot of online streaming today where theyll show a lot of things going on that normally happen in Golden Gate Park behind me. Normally people celebrate parwan in an in all forms at the event. But this year with the pandemic, the city is making sure people follow the stayathome order. This video is from last year. Park rangers have been walking and driving around this morning reminding people that the area will be closed today and gatherings are not allowed. Organizers says marijuana was legalized in california. Its our new years eve. Its our main celebration for the year, for the cannabis industry. And its important for us to still keep positive and keep the moment and, how can i say, the great positive vibe. So we are going to be closed off, so we dont want people to go there. Reporter some artists are doing virtual 4 20 celebrations online that people can w
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