Thank you very much. The beverages are still here, so you may enjoy one another. Our photographer has a few photos to take. Thank you so much. Each week museums, Historic Sites around the country. Next library of congress in washington, d. C. , to learn about baseballs origins and early days. Welcome to the library of congress. Im susan rayburn, curator of baseball americana. This was a collaboration the library did with Major League Baseball, espn and Baseball Hall of fame in cooperstown. Weve got incredible things on display, things youve probably never seen before. Lets start with some of the earliest. So right now were standing in the front of the exhibit looking at origins and early days where weve got some interesting artifacts that suggest that baseball has a history thats much longer than the 19th century. In fact, weve got an example from a medieval manuscript. These are little miniature figures that are part of the border of a book produced in 1344. You can see weve got a mon
Mission district today. Im joined by the Library Commission. Yes, thank you. [ applause ] lets move a little closer over here. You will be able to hear better and participate better in the program. We have seats over here available. All right, good morning, welcome. Im Micheal Lambert. Im proud to serve as your city librarian. Its wonderful to see all of you here and be in community with all of you in the Mission District today. Im joined by the Library Commission. Oh, yes. [ applause ] thank you. Im joined by the Library Commissioner dr. Lopez. Come on up here dr. Lopez. [ applause ] on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library wed like to welcome you to the Historic Mission branch for the kickoff of this construction project. Id like to begin with our land acknowledgment. Ill pause for the translator. Moving too fast. [translator speaking] thank you. The area known as the unseated ancestral homeland. The people of the land have never seated, lost, or forgotten that responsibility as
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