Because after all, we have been taught that the pilgrims that squanto taught them to warn them of had a good crop that first year. In exchange 21 they wanted to have a big cities to celebrate and to give thanks and play a little folk all. And that is how all of this began. Our modern understanding of thanksgiving is very much a 20th century invention. It was not a holiday that was marked throughout the first 300 years of europeans being permanently settled in the new world. But now it is entered American Mythology as true and squanto as a central part of the myth. What is not so much a part of our understanding of this. Was king philips war which followed about 40 years after the arrival of the pilgrims was an absolutely devastating war between the english and the dutch and it was ferocious probably the greatest percentage of the population of all of these peoples was killed, more than in any other american conflict. So it was absolutely defining of their relationship in the historical
That have capabilityies, we want to address that life safety immediate response, communications evacuation and sheltering. Thats pretty much something youre going to need to do in a lot of different events. This is our idea that grant dollars have build a lot of capability are looking at where do we need to put more emphasis. Our first work with dot is looking at training capabilities, we want to make sure Senior Executives in the fire service have the latest. But also looking into the Grant Programs and again as we see these threats emerging, because this is dual use, we do have capability, we always go to the consequences, what are the things we need to do if that happens. From a lot of Emergency Management preparedness grants which i again support this administrations recommendation and committee has done a lot of work there, those preparedness grants, those are some of the dollars they can be using to develop this community plans. There are other programs that are not part of fema
Families. And we also know that as demand grows for each sale whether fire trucks or ice cream, the jobs either come to america or they go some place else. It is a zero sum gain. Thats the choice being made. And it is a fact some politicians seem to ignore. And who feels the impact most of all . Small businesses and they make up about 90 of the exim customer base. More and more Small Businesses are making exporting a part of their dna. They know the opportunity is out there. But many of them dont have access to the financing they need to compete globally. Exim provides that access when there is a gap in the private sector. People like the darlings they are not well connected. Theyre not crony capitalists. Theyre not interested in handouts. They pay for their financing. And like all of our customers, theyre entrepreneurs, theyre innovators who want to make more American Made goods and export them to the world. Gabriela jeda is one of those entrepreneurs, born in mexico city. We met last