Religious reasons, went on a journey for personal discovery. So that use of the word pilgrims gives them a group identity, but we all need to remember they themselves did not have a group identity. They were a very heterogeneous group that had to learn to live together. When you think about how did people sound in colonial new england, aboard mayflower and the first few ships that would follow, there were upwards of 17 different dialect regions represented in plymouth that plymouth and they lived in an age prior to recording. Very rarely, unless you were in a big city, did you hear anybody speak english in a way other than your own dialect or accent. Imagine what it is like to be aboard a ship with people, you are trying to figure out, what is she saying to me . Accustomed to are watching television to get our news, to have a newscasters accent. We are accustomed to hearing people speak differently than ourselves. Wasnt always the case back in the 1600s. There are Vocabulary Words and
So people who live there can experience what is like for the pilgrims in their traumatic journey across the atlantic in 1620. What was the last thing they saw before they got on this leaky, creaky ship . And made their way out into the treacherous atlantic, centuries ago . We are going to jump in and take a look at some of those 360s. Prof. Stone where we arent the moment, it is known as the smart key. If you move to the right you can make out the speedwell. We will leave it looking sorry for herself leaving part in the harbor, where there were ship repairs going on. The structure you are seeing now where these fine people having a chat, this is reminiscent of an old fish market, so a lot of the fish would be brought and filletted, that would be done here. Ships would be moored and delivering their fish to those who would box it up and put onto wagons or taken directly to stores outside the buildings behind us. We have tried to make it look much clearer. You can see that it is quite di
You sit across from your grandmother, you are in complete silence, it is a sacred space. Listen andtes you ask questions. It is just two microphones and you look each other in the eyes. As you know i microphone gives you the license to ask questions you do not normally get to ask. From the beginning of storycorps people thought if i had 40 bits left to live, what i say to this person . At the end of the 40 minutes you get a copy and another stays with us and goes to the American Folklife Center in the library of congress. Your great, great, Great Grandkids can know your grandmother through her voice and story. Because of the nature of what happens in these booths, it started in Grand Central then expanded across the country, we are collecting the wisdom of humanity. We have about 650,000 participate so far. It is the largest collection of human voices so far. We are a Public Service and nonprofit. We are here to serve people. One of the things we are encouraging a thanksgiving, and if
Im annemarie green. Well, a formal president ial transition has been finally authorized to begin 20 days after the election. Yesterday the General Services administration told president elect joe biden its ready to start the process. Mr. Biden is set to announce his National Security team today. President trump says hes not giving up his fight to challenge the election. Bofta yimam is in washington. Bofta, things are moving forward, thats good, but what about mr. Trump, any sign he might concede any time soon . Reporter good morning, annemarie. No signs of that right now, but bidens camp is moving full steam ahead to get millions of dollars in transition support and briefings. They have ascertained joe biden is the apparent winner of the election. The move gives the biden team access to prepare for the white house. Gsa administrator emily murphy wrote she came to my decision independently and was never directly or independently directed by any branch official. Minutes after that was re
Gate bridge with mainly clear skies. Temperatures are in the 50s this morning. As we head through the day, looking at mid70s and San Francisco. 80 degrees for oakland. Upper 80s for concord , santa rosa as well as livermore. We will talk about that strong ridge of High Pressure and those northeasterly winds. With that offshore wind flow, that high fire danger. Your way near 29th street. Ts that is there an overnight fatal crash. There is some activity off to the side. Not for from there, some roadwork that was scheduled overnight. You have lights on northbound 880. Use 580 in the meantime. Things are slightly improving by the minute. We are keeping a close eye on the Altamont Pass commute. We are already starting to see some slower speeds and our drive times are reflecting that. Westbound 580 from 205 to 680. Our bridges look pretty good. A deadly overnight shooting in san jose. Police found a man who had been shot and killed at story and king road. Investigators do not have any sort o