[wind blowing] the temperature a bare 10 degrees above zero. The wind, a cutting 20 miles per hour. The date, almost any bleak day in january, 1778. The place, valley forge, pennsylvania. The event, famine, disease. Exhaustion, and disease. 11,000 soldiers of the American Revolutionary army starving and freezing in Winter Quarters. Shivering sentinels keeping an weary eye on the wellfed british forces, safe and warm and captured philadelphia. 20 miles to the southeast, on this bone chilling morning, 2000 of the ragtag colonials are without shoes, feet wrapped in rags. Onethird to onehalf of them are unfit for duty. Before this terrible winter is over, 3000 of them are to die. On the windswept hills and ridges, rolled log huts with clay, with floors of dirt provide the only shelter. In all the bleak, lonely whiteness, the only cover is the crimson of blood that stains the drifting snow. A revolutionary poet says this for them, bitter words and bitter memories of the war against king geo
Exhaustion. 11,000 soldiers of the American Revolutionary army starving and freezing in Winter Quarters. Shivering sentinels keeping an wary eye on that well fit british forces, safe and warm and captured philadelphia. 20 miles to the southeast. Morning,one chilling 2000 of the ragtag colonials are without shoes, feet wrapped in rags. One third to one half of them are unfit for duty. Before this terrible winter is over, 3000 of them are to die. On the windswept hills and ridges, huts of clay with floors of dirt provide the only shelter. In all the leak lonely , whiteness, the only cover is blood that stains the drifting snow. A revolutionary poet says this for them bitter words and , bitter memories of the war of king george as they left their bloody footprints on the snows of valley forge. Yes, the revolutionary war could have ended here. Yet somehow, this winter of despair becomes the turning point of the revolution. Corps] from it, comes defeat for the , the birth of the United Stat
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Supervisor peskin present. Supervisor preston present. Supervisor ronen present. Supervisor safai . Is absent. A supervisor stefani absent. Supervisor walton madam clerk use the mic please. Im sorry. Oh, im sorry a can you hear me now . Supervisor walton is present and we have quorum. And thank you, madam clerk and ill note that supervisor safai reached out to me will be delayed but im going to grant that request. Could you please read the Public Comment. Yes. Yes. Remote participation members of the public may attend the meeting to observe and provide Public Comment at the physical meeting location listed above or may watch sf cable channel 26 or 99 depending on your provider or may visit the sfgovtv website www. Sfgovtv. Org to stream the live meeting or may watch them on demand. Location legislative chamber, room 250, city hall watch sf cable channel 26 or 99 depending on your provider watch www. Sfgovtv. Org streamline sfgovtv. Org to remote phone number 1 415 6550001 access code 2
Supervisor peskin present. Supervisor preston present. Supervisor ronen present. Supervisor safai . Is absent. A supervisor stefani absent. Supervisor walton madam clerk use the mic please. Im sorry. Oh, im sorry a can you hear me now . Supervisor walton is present and we have quorum. And thank you, madam clerk and ill note that supervisor safai reached out to me will be delayed but im going to grant that request. Could you please read the Public Comment. Yes. Yes. Remote participation members of the public may attend the meeting to observe and provide Public Comment at the physical meeting location listed above or may watch sf cable channel 26 or 99 depending on your provider or may visit the sfgovtv website www. Sfgovtv. Org to stream the live meeting or may watch them on demand. Location legislative chamber, room 250, city hall watch sf cable channel 26 or 99 depending on your provider watch www. Sfgovtv. Org streamline sfgovtv. Org to remote phone number 1 415 6550001 access code 2