Each week american artifacts. Up next in the second of the two part program we travel to new orleans we travel to the museum. Beginning with the june 6th 1944 dday invasion. Because our museum was originally founded back in the 1990s as the National Dday museum. By a congressional charter we would charge telling the story of the entire american experience. In this gallery we get to the big moment where United States and allies had to win this particular day. Dday june 6, 1944. Behind me is our film narratedded by narrated by tom brokaw. He saw all of the war left over by troops who had been killed coming ashore at the beach. What we have in this case is actual artifacts and sand from utah and omaha beaches. He writes about what he found. You can see he talk about shoe polish showing kids diaries, bibles, hand grenades, toothbrushes razors. He particularly singles out in his column writing paper. He talk about how young men who gave their lives at normandy intended to write a lot of let
Foundation and of course the 2014 George Clooney film. I should add monuments women, togethers. Ing they are straight celebrated for the role they played in wartime. Absent from this story of individual heroism is any analysis and assessment of the way that culture and knowledge mattered in world war ii. Winning the war became a lion upon the accumulation of included and commitment for the protection of culture. How the objectives of the American Government, the military and cultural institutions intertwined. In practices and policies this endeavor shifted with the fortunes of war. They had long term effects. Effortsdiminishing the of any individuals involved, i aim to address these larger historical issues. In addition, my work shifts from is focus on art, which typically unique and rare in terms of Cultural Heritage to print culture. Of books and texts that serves many purposes. We will see and allied mission preserve monument to collections. Most was stolen from jewish institutions
A little wester wily there at fairfield. And occasionally, we can get a system. We keep an isolated shower in the forecast probably staying to the north. Its a cold morning out there. Sunny in the morning. Partly cloudy. That breeze is out of the northwest, and that equals 50s. And thats it, sal. At 5 01 on a monday. Thats the way it is. Good morning p. Traffic is starting well traffic is starting well. We dont have a big commute at the bay bridge toll plaza. It is a little bit slow in some of the cash lanes, cache lanes, but once you get to the bridge, it looks good. We are looking at a commute in San Francisco that continuing to be very nice. No problems on southbound 101 to the International Airport exit. If you are driving down to the peninsula in general, it looks very nice. No problems in san jos. The south bay in Santa Clara County are looking good. With when things start to fill in, we see red and yellow. We dont see any of that just yet. All right, sal, thank you. People are c
About a half inch to an inch and a half to two inches of rain. Some of the storm totals over four inches in the river. Then numerous hail reports. Very cold air over the water producing some clouds. A possibility of some showers. Thirtys and host. The breeze out of the northwest is holding up many of these temperatures especially up in the north bay. That breeze. If it wasnt for that, this would probably be five to seven degrees cooler. Still a few 30s. And 35. You can see how there is still a little bit of energy coming over the top of the bridge. Until that moves over us, tomorrow we could get clipped by a little shower or two. A cold morning. Sun in the morning. System clod some clouds building up in the afternoon. Breezy at times. Thats out of the northwest and that means 50s for the highs. 6 01 on a monday. How are we doing . All right . Better. Were on the air at 4 01. I am happy to report that i am better now than i was at 4 01. Q i will concur with that. Yes, sir. Good morning,
30s for many. Still a possibility of an isolated shower or two. A lot of dry areas. The flow coming down from the northwest. Favors areas off the coast or near the coast. Not so much inland. Some afternoon buildups are possible in the afternoon. Look for clear to mostly clear in the morning. Probably not a foggy morning yet, but tomorrow we might have to deal with it. Today, though, still some cloud cover coming down and plenty of 30s. Thirtytwo in napa. Thirtyeight fairfield. There will be many. Lots of 30s even to the north. If there is any Breeze Holding up the temperature. If not, its on the chilly to cold side. Everything is dropping to the north. Occasionally, something could trip us. A cold morning. Mostly sunny in the morning. Partly cloudy in the afternoon. Isolated showers possible. A little breeze out of the northwest, and that keeps temperatures in the 50s. Thes a cool morning on tap its a cool morning on tap. I know people who arent from here dont want to hear it. Well, we