Restrooms are in this building. You do not need to go to the visitor center. We have staff here today. I am the director of the department of Historic Affairs for the county of passaic. By de facto, i am the director of the site. We are fortunate enough to have a guest speaker and historian to share his knowledge and expertise on Alexander Hamilton and his rise to military fame and glory. He graduated from hillsdale a bachelors degree in history and from Colorado State university with a masters degree in history. He has been an independent historian researching, writing, and giving presentations throughout the northeast since 2007. He is a scholar of the American Revolution with Research Interests that include espionage in the war. U. S. S published in the marine corps journal, financial history, and the journal of the American Revolution. He has given presentations on espionage in the revolution. 2017s been here before in with another wonderful presentation. He is a longtime resident
Lets give yourselves a round of applause. [cheers and applause] we want you to feel inspired. We want you to feel uplifted and we want to you feel curious about the history of this wonderful city by the bay and how black history is San Francisco history. We are celebrating the trailblazers, you know that came from San Francisco have been still coming from the gold rush era to wwii. When tens of thousands of African Americans including my parents came to San Francisco as part of the great migration, they came from the south and the west and midwest. They came for better way of life. They came to celebrate their gifts can and by the end of wwii, the filmore district had earned the title of harlem of the west. Now although the numbers of African Americans have dwindled and decreases in years, there is no way no how, that we can erase the proud ancestors who made this city what it is today. [applause] no way tonight, we will embrace the many colors and hue of those ancestors, they left the
Gleams thrown in ultimate glory, youre a city of mist and a city of dreams. Welcome to the 10th anniversary of the closing ceremony of black history celebration of San Francisco lets give yourselves a round of applause. [cheers and applause] we want you to feel inspired. We want you to feel uplifted and we want to you feel curious about the history of this wonderful city by the bay and how black history is San Francisco history. We are celebrating the trailblazers, you know that came from San Francisco have been still coming from the gold rush era to wwii. When tens of thousands of African Americans including my parents came to San Francisco as part of the great migration, they came from the south and the west and midwest. They came for better way of life. They came to celebrate their gifts can and by the end of wwii, the filmore district had earned the title of harlem of the west. Now although the numbers of African Americans have dwindled and decreases in years, there is no way no ho
My city, fair as the queen of ol, supreme in her 7 hill splender, you from your golden gate of gold, facing the orient sun burn and swap in the sunset gleams thrown in ultimate glory, youre a city of mist and a city of dreams. Welcome to the 10th anniversary of the closing ceremony of black history celebration of San Francisco lets give yourselves a round of applause. [cheers and applause] we want you to feel inspired. We want you to feel uplifted and we want to you feel curious about the history of this wonderful city by the bay and how black history is San Francisco history. We are celebrating the trailblazers, you know that came from San Francisco have been still coming from the gold rush era to wwii. When tens of thousands of African Americans including my parents came to San Francisco as part of the great migration, they came from the south and the west and midwest. They came for better way of life. They came to celebrate their gifts can and by the end of wwii, the filmore distric
Black history celebration of San Francisco lets give yourselves a round of applause. [cheers and applause] we want you to feel inspired. We want you to feel uplifted and we want to you feel curious about the history of this wonderful city by the bay and how black history is San Francisco history. We are celebrating the trailblazers, you know that came from San Francisco have been still coming from the gold rush era to wwii. When tens of thousands of African Americans including my parents came to San Francisco as part of the great migration, they came from the south and the west and midwest. They came for better way of life. They came to celebrate their gifts can and by the end of wwii, the filmore district had earned the title of harlem of the west. Now although the numbers of African Americans have dwindled and decreases in years, there is no way no how, that we can erase the proud ancestors who made this city what it is today. [applause] no way tonight, we will embrace the many color