Electronic device places you on item number four. Approval of minutes for the april 16th regular meeting. Thank you. Directors are there any changes to the april 16th minutes . Okay. Seeing none, well open the item for Public Comment. Are there any comments . Comments on the minutes. Seeing none, well close Public Comment. Is there a motion please. And a second on the minutes. So moved. Moved move. Approval rather. Yes. Second, thank you. Please call the roll on the motion to approve the minutes. Director henderson a henderson i director kinsey i kinsey i director so i so i director tarloff i director kahina i kahina i chair ekin ekin i thank you. The minutes are approved places you on item five communications. I have none moving on to item number six introduction of new or Unfinished Business by Board Members. Board members, are there any items of new or Unfinished Business today . Director. So. Hi, everyone, i want to take this moment to, say that we are celebrating the Asian America
Minutes for the april 16th regular meeting. Thank you. Directors are there any changes to the april 16th minutes . Okay. Seeing none, well open the item for Public Comment. Are there any comments . Comments on the minutes. Seeing none, well close Public Comment. Is there a motion please. And a second on the minutes. So moved. Moved move. Approval rather. Yes. Second, thank you. Please call the roll on the motion to approve the minutes. Director henderson a henderson i director kinsey i kinsey i director so i so i director tarloff i director kahina i kahina i chair ekin ekin i thank you. The minutes are approved places you on item five communications. I have none moving on to item number six introduction of new or Unfinished Business by Board Members. Board members, are there any items of new or Unfinished Business today . Director. So. Hi, everyone, i want to take this moment to, say that we are celebrating the Asian American Pacific Islander heritage month. This is a month of may. And
Good afternoon, everybody well fed, i hope. Joining us at lunch today is phillip carter, senior fell explore director of military veterans and at the center for a new american security. His research focuses on issues that face veterans and military personnel, force structure and readiness issues. His most recent article, what america owes its veterans, is published in this Current Issue of Foreign Affairs magazine. Serving from 2005 to06 as an advicer to the state departments reconstruction team, mr. Carter returned home to an increasing involvement in veterans issues. As a civilian we has worked in the private sector as an attorney and business adviser, and is currently teaching as an ajunk professor of law at georgetown university. Today he is with us as a moderator and friend of our key note spec, flo groberg. Grown in paris, never a bad thing, and in 2001, naturalized american citizen, after which he became flo bow bobo go flo gw berg. He tackled major seth off the mans suicide ves
Horseracing is important because it is the oldest sport in the country. Saratoga has the premier track in the country. It makes the most money. In 1863, John Morrissey who owned a bunch of casinos in town wanted something for his people to do in the daytime. He thought maybe they might like to have they might like to do horseracing. On august 2, he had a fourday meet and it was held at what is called the old trotting track, built in 1849. One of the problems was the track was not a good facility at all. It was so popular, they charged one dollar a person to come in. He still made money off it after four days. Considering the fact that it was a very bad horse show because of the civil war, courses are important to the war movement, and they needed it for the north and south, but somehow he got these horses together and it was such a success. He knew he could not use his track anymore. He got people together including William Travers, john hutter, and leonard jerome, and they got the mon
The pacific after pearl harbor. Up next on American History tv, Navy Veterans who participated in the battle of midway recount their experiences. The American Veterans Center Hosted this 50minute panel discussion. My name is tim hobart. Im executive director of the American Veterans center and thank you for being here. This is our 20th year of this event, so its a very special year for us, and were very happy youre here. Of course, we really want to thank the Navy Memorial for their hospitality for this weekend. Theyve been great partners for us over the years. My only word that i really had to kick things off this morning is really for all the students that are with us here this weekend. I really encourage you to take all of this in from where we start with veterans of the battle of midway 75 years ago through 75 years of American Military history. This is your own past and present, and youre our future. So, this is a great opportunity, a once in a lifetime opportunity, and really mak