>> good morning and welcome everyone. i'm michael martin, the assistant port director and proud the port and hosting the appears 3032. i like to extend welcome to speaker nancy pelosi. [applause] mayor london breed. [applause] u.s. navy admiral richard w myer. [applause] ann croninburg. [applause]

stuart milk. [applause] and of course, the crew of the usns harvy milk. [applause] we welcome you and everyone in the audience today to the port of san francisco. one of the best things about working for the port is the opportunity we have to see vessels of all kinds come to birth in front of the dazzling backdrop of city in the bay and rain or shine. very few of the vessels have the emotional connection to san francisco that this one does. as we gather to celebrate the legacy of harvy milk we recall how he worked tireless ly to combat the discrimination and hatred at gay women and men. you must be afforded equal rights. made great strides and know harvy milk isn't done. today as we welcome the usns

harvy milk to san francisco let us find ins separation dedicated to equality and authinticity. thank you to everyone who made today possible. i like to introduce lewis logan, exective director of fleet week. worked tirelessly including today to organize the first call in san francisco for the usns harvy milk. lewis, the stage is yours. [applause] >> thank you michael. thank you very much and thank you to the many people at the port of san francisco who efforts helped make this event possible. we only had three weeks to pull all this together and if you worked with ships and logistics you know what a

feat it was. thank you to the city of san francisco to military sea lift command, to third freet and the navy region southwest who supplied the brass bands, their participation today. [applause] i want to give a special welcome to the high school students of the junior rotc program in san francisco. let's give them a round of applause. [applause] they are fantastic. seeing you all here it gives me hope for the future. there is somebody to take care of me when i'm old. you guys have incredible group of people, these young high schoolers. a huge thank you to secretary of the navy, carloswho supported the effort and kept in touch with me as the ongoing of the harvy milk and help about the harvy milk is here? it is just amazing. [applause]

this is a maiden voyage, the first port visit as michael said, and also to stuart milk and the milk foundation, i salute you all. [applause] thank you for traveling to san francisco, bringing the milk family to san francisco for this event. today's a celebration of people seeing the right things to do. the right thing to do for social justice, for civil rights, for supporting people's pride in themselves and in those that they love. for a nation recognizing that harvy milk knew what the right thing to do was to fight for the rights and then doing it. thank you harvy milk. [applause] as the united states navy ambassador to city of san

francisco, and executive director of san francisco fleet week, i have to recognize the chairman of the board for san francisco fleet week, vietnam veteran and gulf war veteran, major general mike, u.s. marine corp. [applause] but i have to say, i found the effort to get the harvy milk up here to be quite consistent with the goals and objectives of fleet week. the fleet week values of supporting our troops, supporting our community, and supporting humanitarianism. troops, harvy milk troops were his supporters. he gave them leadership and legitimacy. people like ann croninburg, who you will hear from later in this program, and all harvey's allies who tack action to get him elected and build a

foundation of political relevancy. the community, here we are. the community he represented and embraced and they embraced him. here today san franciscans with feel safe and be afforded the opportunity to excel for who they are. the united states knew it -navy knew if was the right thing to do and they did it by naming a united states navy ship to honor harvy milk. [applause] so, san francisco let's continue to do the right thing and speaking of the right thing, i introduced to you one of fleet week's greatest supporters, a person who leads with our community values in mind at all times, our mayor, london breed.

[applause] >> thank you lewis and fleet week association for all the amazing work that you do to plake sure san francisco is at the forfront having one of the most significant fleet week celebrations anywhere in the country. [applause]. let me just say how proud i am to be here to welcome the u.s. harvey milk ship home. this is the original home and where it has been named and i remember years back when our former mayor ed lee along with speaker nancy pelosi and others were there during that naming ceremony and scott wiener was a supervisor at the time, and he continued to carry on the legacy of harvy milk as former representative of the can castro and

now with us today is the current supervisor who represent the castro and other neighborhoods around district 8, supervisor rafael mandelman. it is so wonderful that the harvy milk ship can spend a few days in our beautiful city before she heads to her first mission. this is a girl named after a boy. that is so san francisco, right? i want to really thank the navy secretary carlos dell tory bringing the harvy milk ship to san francisco. we had a chance to experience his presence last year in san francisco. i also want to thank our fearless leader speaker pelosi for spearheading this effort. [applause] like she does so many things for san francisco. she is a force in and of itself and i'm

so glad she represents san francisco. [applause] i also want to thank fleet week association for bringing us together to celebrate this very special homecoming. this iconic ship as we know will deliver food, fuel, supplies, repair parts and materials to the u.s. navy and allied ships while at sea and also represents some of the most important values san francisco provides itself on, inclusion, diversity, and representation. harvy milk ship is the first u.s. navy ship named after an lgbtq rights leader and navy veteran. it symbolizes the love we have as a city for all people and honors our beloved harvey milk who spent his life and career fighting for the lgbtq community in san francisco, which had a significant impact not just in the united states, but all over the

world. there was a time in our not so distant memory when this would have been impossible and so it is that more even more special that we are here today. san francisco has long been at the forfront of lgbtq movement and it has been a honor to continue our traditions through events like today and that promote acceptance and inclusion. it is so exciting to see this happening in san francisco and i can't think of a better way to celebrate his incredible legacy then what we are doing. what we are seeing now, the giants season is about to kick off, fleet week is coming later this fall, and in fact today is national veterans day in the country and i want to take this opportunity, including major general mike mied and other vietnam war

veterans joining us today, thank you for your service and your commitment to our country and your service. we are so happy to have so many here today and i also want to thank the u.s. navy and other institutions for your financial support of making sure that rotc programs remain in our public schools here in san francisco. [applause] and finally, i am so happy to see stuart milk here in san francisco fighting the great fight, not just for our city, but for people all over the country. the work you do is extraordinary and you carry on your uncle's legacy so proudly so we are so happy to have you and ann croninburg we miss you san francisco. she retired from department of

emergency management. we are glad to see a great group of people to celebrate such a historic figure. thank you so much for coming and i'm excited to invite the u.s. navy admiral richard myer to say a few words on this very special occasion. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you mayor breed for that very kind introduction and on behalf oof of the u.s. navy inshrewding the master and crew of this vessel, thank you for your haptty and welcoming the united states navy ship harvy milk to san francisco. speaker pelosi thank you for honor us at the san francisco port visit of the harvy milk. a ship named after a visionary leader. stuart milk, ann croninburg thank you for being here to celebrate the ship and harvy milk.

and [indiscernible] ship sponsor thank you for being here today as with el. finally, lewis leaven, thank you pr your persistence to bring harvy milk to san francisco and inviting me to celebrate with you and this great city. as a local san francisco bay area resident, i'm honored to be here with all you today. our navy ships names are important because they express what we value as a navy and as a nation. a ship's name communicates those values around the globe. for this reason, the ship behind me or here with us today is very special. she is the second of the john lewis class fleet oilers. each of the ships in this class bear the name of a prominent civil rights leader. we are so proud this ship carries the name, harvy milk. harvy milk the man spent a good portion of his life as a champion of equality and universal rights.

he joined the navy during the korean war serving as a officer on the rescue ship uss kittywake. discharged from the navy in 1955 at the rank of lieutenant, jr. grade. harvy milk distinguished as a naval officer like so many others who served our nation in uniform, he had to hide a very important part of him self as he served and far too long sailors like lieutenant milk were forced into shadows or out of the navy. that ingests is part of the navy history but so is purse convenience of all who continue to serve in the face of injustice. today we welcome everyone. secretary navy carlos is clear a top priority is maintain culture of dignity and respect and afford equal opportunity to avenue wn who serves in uniform and civilian employees.

that is everyone regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender, jnder identity, sexual orientation or national origin. that is the simple fairness harvy milk fought for his entire life and as a outspoken activist and young lieutenant serving with quite dignity. our inclusive force is more effective when it reflects the diversity of the u.s. population. our navy is stronger for the service of the many great members of the lgbtq plus community who wear our uniform and work in our civilian ranks. around the world and around the clock, they keep the watch and protect us all. his own life was cut short at 48 his vision lives on. inspiring others to join the cause of equality and opportunity for everyone. with the name harvy milk emblazoned on the ship we honor his life time of self-lessness and service and hope for equality and a world without

hate. harvy milk the ship measures 648 feet in length, more then 2 football fields and sustain 20 knots more then 7 thousand miles and carry 5 million gallons of fuel and 90 thousand cubic feet of cargo. harvy milk is a technological marvel. enhanced capability, harvy milk will support our navy as we keep our country safe far from home and protect sea lanes for international trade. the ship is critical to economic vitality and support of allies and partners. help promote freedom of access, help combat threat of russia and pacing threat of china and maintain

international order. our war ships rely on harvy milk to keep air craft flying, ships steaming and men and women fed. this enables our fleet to achieve full range of missions conducted deployed in the defense of our nation. harvy milk like all our usns non commission ships goes into arms way unarmed. crewed by mariners sailors at great risk put service before self-and mission before wellbeing. given the mission of the vessel non armed violent means executing the mission it is appropriate to name the class after civil rights icons throughout history. men and women who fought for collective dignity and human rights courageously and non vilntsly. harvy milk is the first ship named after this exceptional america, a navy veteran, naval officer elected official and civil rights hero.

we lost him too early, his legacy live s on a catalyst for positive change and beacon for all to follow. he lived his life to help others and meaning and purpose striving to make us a better nation. more inclusive, and more just. today the ship master jim white and crew of harvy milk all civilian maretens operate this ship with the same tenacity and courage displayed by harvy milk and ready to meet any challenges they may face. this crew will carry her namesake legacy and represent his courage of conviction, always fighting for right. it is my honor and privilege to be with you today. once again, i want to thank you all you to be here to welcome the usns harvy milk to san francisco. [applause] now it is my honor to introduce a very

special person, introduced already, but mrs. ann croninburg. harvy milk milk campaign manager and aid at city hall. dovoted her career to public service. please join me in welcoming, ann croninburg. [applause] >> thank you admiral. i appreciate the introduction. i'm not going to speak long. other people talked how wonderful harvey was and you will hear from harvey's nephew stuart after i speak. what i want to talk about quickly is what harvey meant to me as a person. i was 21 when i met harvey milk. i'm a little bit older now, and meeting him and getting to know what he was about and his passion, not only for lgbtq rights, but for human

rights. he talked about getting all people together who had been disenfranchised and if we were all together we will be a voting block and we could change the system. he really believed that. when i see what happened since he was assassinating, the stamp named after him, a airport terminal in san francisco, his work continues to go on. the legacy continues through the harvy milk foundation and all the great work stuart and all the others in the foundation are doing, not just in the united states, but around the world. it is quite amazing to me. harvey was my friend, he was my mentor. everything i learned about politics i learned from harvy milk. he was also like a dad to me. losing him was probably the most devastating part of my life, but seeing the reserrection of everything that came after his death is so

remarkable to me. he had two messages for us that were messages he pounded into us when we were young kids and we were out there pounding the streets. one was, you have to give them hope. you have to make sure people have hope in the world that you may feel different and your difference may feel like you don't have any place to fit in but you do and each and every one of us is special and he empowered to feel that specialness. the other thing he harped on constantly was you have to vote, because that is how you empower yourself. that is how you gain that power, and with everything going on in the world today, and how much disarray we are in, we need that hope and we need to be able to vote and make a difference and we can do that as individuals, so i encourage you all to continue his message and harvey is dancing

the jig up there right now. i know harvey, or cracking jokes about his name on this beautiful ship, so-i forgot to thank captain white and all the crew of the harvy milk. thank you so much. [applause] of course, all our distinguished speakers today who are keeping san francisco and the bay area safe, thank you so much. i really appreciate it. it is my honor now to introduce stuart milk. i didn't know stuart when i worked for harvey. he was just a mere kid. he was barely a teenager at the time. harvey was 15 when his uncle was assassinated and stuart made it his life work to continue harvey's legacy and he travels literally all around the world. sometimes we forget when we live in a bubble of san francisco what's going on in other parts of the world and the

discrimination and how there are parts of the world still and you know it, where lesbian and gay men can be killed if found out their sexual orientation. stuart goes out and spreads the world through the foundation with all the wonderful volunteers with the foundation, so stuart i love you. come up here, you will hear more about-- [applause] >> i'm always honored-ann, every once in a while she calls me harvey, which you just did and there is no greater honor then that. sometimes we are on the phone and she says, harvey. >> his voice sounds so much like harvey did. he is taller, but-- >> thank you. this is amazing to be here today. i have so many people to thank and i'll be able to introduce someone

who also has a lot of to do with where we are today. but let me start by thanking fleet week and everyone behind fleet week. they worked with ann and me on the namer ceremony and speaker pelosi's office, which was 2016, so the naming ceremony was 2016 and here we are 8 years later to where we actually now have a ship and we have been able to actually form a wonderful bond with the people involved in the ship, in particular i want to point out and he is hiding in the back and will make him come up front for a minute, the captain has taken on the legacy. please come up captain. the legacy of harvey. [applause] and i want to thank you captain. there is memorabilia all over the ship about harvey teaching the crew who harvey was.

i already gave you a challenge and giving you another one and thank you for everything you are doing keeping my uncle's legacy alive. i also want to point out, we have with us the international court system. the first people to call for a ship was the international court system lead by [indiscernible] thank you nicole, come up and let me give you a coin, please. [applause] and i have to say that first time that we began this journey of honoring my uncle was actually when speaker pelosi suggested to president obama they honor harvey with the presidential metal of freedom. that was 2008 and at that ceremony, there were honor guards with

the military that said please work on don't ask don't tell. we are hiding who we are. and so, one of the things that is not mentioned and i do mention it and i will continue to is that my uncle has a less then honorable discharge and so taking down don't ask don't tell which our next speaker is in many ways responsible for, simply meant and it isn't simply, it is big, but you could bea thentic and take off their mask. there is difference between tolerance and celebration and so what the u.s. navy ship harvy milk is, is that we celebrate this community that we did not used to celebrate before, and it is a very important message for the globe to hear, because we have nations, we have over 70 nations where it is still

criminal to be lgbtq. where those institutions have not kept up with our times where we are today and so, i do tell the story because it is important. when secretary mavis did the naming ceremony he asked me to change my uncles discharge to honorable one and i told him no, i think it is important this ship goes to places like kawat and soda arabia and lebanon where it is illegal to be lgbtq and give hope things can change and progress can be made. i got a call from the white house switch board and it was the president and he asked me to change my uncles less then honorable discharge and i said no as well, and-by the way, i thought i lost connection to the white house, but i actually had the phone

hung up on me, which i understand. not many say now to the president of the united states, but it is very important that we teach that we move forward. that we are not perfect as institutions, as countries, as a human race and we are constantly moving to a better day where we are including and celebrating everyone. i think it is important to point out that my uncle was very proud of his military service, and as ann can tell you, he-when he was assassinated he had his diving belt on. he was a diving instructor in san diego, so he was proud of his military service and i-there are many things i believe my uncle dreamed of for us. i'm not sure he would have-he was very perspective and prospective and not sure he would have dreamed of today, but one thing that the press

asked me and i'm always asked is, if my uncle would have seen a day like today and i always talk about it. it -if the family is sad harvey didn't get to see what he worked for came true and i answer i'm not sad because he did see this day, he did saw all the lgbtq people like rafael and everyone who comes after him. that gave him the courage to go into the office with all the hate mail and death threats, because he dreamed of this day. he dreamed of all you there supporting lgbtq rights. let me just also thank all of the harvy milk foundation folks, the volunteers and team here and let me also thank everybody who has followed my uncle's

legacy. the legacy as was mentioned includes a beautiful terminal at san francisco airport, which by the way was a struggle as well. most people don't know, that didn't happen easily. all these things have been struggles, but where we are today, it is very important to note that where we are today are as my uncle would say, a pivotal moment. there is a great video of his last recorded tv interview where he said everyone must be engaged. like what ann said, you must remain engaged. because we have marriage equality doesn't mean the fight ends. because we have women in combat service doesn't mean battle for women rights ends. because we have included indigenous people in the military doesn't mean their battle ends. the one thing the milk foundation is based on is that, we are not here to

help each other. we are here to understand that our liberations are all bounds together. it is a important difference. we don't go around the world to help people, we go around the world because we understand that their inability to be lib erated will impact us negatively and that if they are not liberated then we are lessened by that. it very very important message. now, i really get to introduce one of the most amazing people who has really helped harvey milk's legacy every step of the way. this power force of a political leader had worked with harvey back in the day when he was running for office. this person was leading the democratic central committee, and when we began to

work on different efforts to celebrate my uncle, this leader and her office and her staff were with us every step of the way. when we said we got to do something about don't ask don't tell, this individual didn't meet a step on moving that agenda forward constantly. i just tell you one brief story. we had-we worked in hungry and the president who is currently the president we had a young activist who stood up to him that we were supporting. he volunteered with the milk foundation, but the president of hungry said, i don't think this guy is going to be around much longer, so basically put a death mark on malan rosa and i said i got to try to protect him and brought him to the u.s. all i did is one call to the speaker's

office and said, would you meet with malon and give him time and she spent a couple hours and what is going on in hungry, and so this individual has had our back not just from the lgbtq community, and understands the global situation. she has really lead the way in including lgbtq people in every aspect of american life and global life and so it is my great honor to-i hope you join me in recognizing a true hero, speaker emeritus nancy pelosi. [applause] >> thank you very much. i was going to say thank you very much harvey. thank you very much harvey. thank you. let me first associate myself

with the remarks of everything win that has been said. michael thank you for setting us uthere and again, lewis for encouraging the secretary to make this all possible and on fleet week we had so much fun. we had the john mirtha ship here at fleet week and why-i will talk about connections here. the connection between mursa ship and this ship is that ship couldn't operate without this ship. they are all connected because of the supplies that come forward and to ann croninburg, i just love here. i said when i was coming over, i'm excited to see ann but more excited her son will be with us. it a family affair today. my daughter christine. admiral has his daughter here

today. thank you for your beautiful remarks about the military and lgbtq community and honoring us with your family being here today as well. and the captain and the crew, captain and the crew! [applause] thank you for the captain and the crew. now, just fill in the blanks here. dien feinstein was one of the sponsors of the trip with ann croninburg, with--paula, thank you. one of the sponsors of the ship. they have a serious responsibility and it is a honor for the ship to have them as sponsors and i know it is a honor to be a sponsor of the ship. when president obama was president, his secretary of navy, ray maybis was a gentleman from the south and he decided that he was going to have a whole new category of ships dedicated to

warriors for the people, for civil rights, for human rogets rights and the rest because all the ships had been presidents or states or men who served in the military, but he said he had a new category of warrior. he started with john lewis. when john lewis name, i said john you never voted for a defense bill. [laughter] he dids eventually vote for one i'll tell you about in a moment. under deress but none the less he did it. ray made this decision. the secretary of the navy will tell you this who made this possible today has said, the one thing about being secretary of navy, if you have aspirations politically, be secretary of the navy, because you can name ships and you don't have to report to anybody. not the president, not anybody. but of course, president obama

appointing ray knew that. robert f kennedy attorney general, the father. we have- [laughter] i want to make clear that distinction. i spoke at the commissioning that. and we have john lewis our hero in so many ways. [indiscernible] a slave who talked to presidents about endsing slavery. now we have harvy milk. when you are in san diego for this that and the other thing, you see a big ship that says harvy milk on it. let me talk about what these ships are. these shapes make helped during world war ii. they supply the other ships, and their contribution to our success in world war ii was so important.

a higher percentage of merchant marine on these ships died in the war then any percentage of any branch of government. isn't that remarkable? because they were supplying the ships and the enemy knew they can get to the supplies. this is remarkable and that day with the naming of harvy milk with his hat and the--would have been his hat, it was so remarkable for all of us, but it only continues to be so when you see this ship will last 40 years. it is so strong and has such a strong mission. go through a few ship capable of going through all configurations of the panama canal and [indiscernible] middle april.

that is really fast, right? that is really fast. this is not just a naming, this is a ship of strength to enable our military to do its job, again at high speed and meeting every challenge. so, we decide we'll have a--we had a wonderful ceremony. i think in may, right? we go to have and all get nothing to the mood of things and i say, at this meeting i will announce by christmas we will have repealed don't ask don't tell. then the president had to talk to the military, but by christmas we repealed don't ask don't tell. [applause] very much connected to the harvy milk stamp.

harvey would have want-he wanted the repeal. when we did the repeal it took a vote of congress to do, but it is a amendment to repeal it in the defense bill, so we repeal it and say, isn't this great? we made history today. all the progressive and democrats made history, repealed don't ask don't tell. raphael you heard me tell the story a million times. i said we'll make history again. make history twice today. now, all of you are going to vote for a defense bill for the first time, because we ain't got no amendment unless we got the bill. no, no! that's the way it is. no, no! including john lewis, including--you will. and they did. [laughter] they did. they had to. it was the only way [indiscernible] then we have again the

connection, diane, paula, ann, doing all this, but harvey, just think of what the world would have been like without harvy milk. everything that would come later. this is the late 70's. 2 or 3 later we have hiv aids disseminateed upon us and if you think there was discrimination before, we are talking explosively. harvey showed us the way to fight discrimination, to always have hope and encourage so many other young people to run for office and break records all over the country, not just in san francisco. when we-a few years later when we had majority to pass the hate

crimes, the ends hate crimes bill inspired by harvey leadership and to make it a hate crime to do violence against lgbtq people, then the next was don't ask don't tell, marriage equality and we had to pass it in the congress, but all along that time funding for hiv aids and we wanted people to not only fund and san francisco lead the way as we said before. community based care, treatment and research. san francisco lead the way. lead the way. san francisco was the basis for the care act. if harvey hadn't been there and taken us to this place. and then people would say to me, when we were asking him to do this or that, it is easy for you because people in san francisco are so tolerant. i said you know what, to me tolerance is a nice word, but it is a

condescending word. we are not tolerant of our community. we take pride in our community. we respect our community. [applause] it is not about tolerance. nothing points that out more clearly-there is so many things to say, we all indulge to share thoughts about the impact of harvy milk, but again, he was about hope and he was about voting and that's what we have to keep the hope. when people say where is hope? we say it is where it has always been, sitting there between faith and goodness of others that we can get something done, and he was so remarkable. i just have a word that he said--you all know it, but he talked about victory. this victory signaled a green light to all who feel disenfranchised.

a green light to move forward and the doors will be open to everyone. thank you harvy milk. thank you. [applause] one more thing about our mayor. she has carried on the tradition so remarkably as she said beautifully in her remarks. thank you mayor for being here and staying through all of this. [applause] >> alright. thank you everybody who participated, the speakers, everybody who came out. the media. i think this was a wonderful event. it is always the best laid plans are subject to weather. thank you everybody..

>> my name is kathy mccall. i'm director of san francisco national cemetery here on the presidio of san francisco. this was designated as the first national cemetery on the

west coast in 1884.however its history dates back to the 1850s along with the us army presence on the presidio itself. we have 26,300 gravesites that we maintain and thereare 32,000 individuals buried in this cemetery . the veterans who are buried here span all the war period going back to what we call the indian war, spanish-american war, world war i to korea, vietnam and then as recent as operation iraqifreedom . we have 39 medal of honor recipients. more than 400 buffalo soldiers buried here who are the african-americansoldiers who served with the ninth and 10th calvary . there's so many veterans buried here, each withtheir own unique history and contribution . one of those individuals is all equipment prior. that's not her real name, that's her stage name and she was an actor during the civil

war and while she was working she was approached by sympathizers who offered her a sum of money to cost jefferson davis on stage she did this but she recorded it to a union marshall . she was fired for doing this which made her a sweetheart to the local confederates and made her a good spy for the union. she gave information to the union until late 1863 when she was found out in order to be hung by confederate general braxton bragg of the union troops the town . no longer any good she even wrote a book. she was given the honorary rank of major president lincoln and her inscription reads union spy. >> memorial day is a day of respect and morning for our

veterans who have given their all five presidential proclamation it became a national holiday to beobserved on the last monday of the month of may . originally memorial day was called decoration day during the civil war to recognize the veterans whogave their lives . memorial day and veterans day getconfused because it involves veterans .veterans day is on november 11 is a day to honor our veterans who are still alive while at the same time we pay respect to those who have passed but memorial day is a day to show our respect to what was said and honor ourveterans who have passed on . >> lieutenant john david miley was a graduate of the united states military academy atwest point in 1887 . he was commissioned as a second lieutenant with the fifth artillery regiment with the

outbreak of the spanish-american war in 1898 he was assigned an aide-de-camp to major general william shatner, khmer and commander of the expedition to cuba.he was highly trusted and when the general staff fell lieutenant miley was designed to coordinate the attack on san juan hill in his place and would ultimately be the one to give the order that led to the charge of lieutenant colonel theodore roosevelt and the roughriders . a few days later he served as one of the commissioners who negotiated the spanish surrender of santiago july 17. in 1904 miley in san francisco wasnamed in his honor.we know that today as san francisco va medical center . >> as a young man i grew up in south san francisco right next door to the national cemetery so when i became a cub scout we

used to go over there in the 50s and decorate the gravesthat were there. when i got out of the service i stepped right back into it . went out with the boy scouts and put up the flags every year and eventually ended up being a scout at golden gate cemetery for many years. one day a gentleman walked upto me with a uniform of colonel retired . he grabbed me, i wasin uniform and says i need your help . from that day on i worked with cardinal sullivan doing military funerals and formed a group called the volunteers of america who brought in other veterans to perform military service and the closing of all the bases we got military personnel to do all the funerals. to this day i've done over 7000 funeral services and with my group we supplement the military, all branches. i'm honoring a fellow comrade was given his or her life in service to this country.

and the way ilook at it , the last thing the family and friends will remember about that individual is the final service we give to them. so we have to do a perfect job. so that they go home with good memories. >> our nation flies the united states flag at half staff by presidentialproclamation as a symbol of mourning . also in va national cemetery flags are flown at half staff on the days we haveburials . is lowered to half staff before the first burial takes place and ray is back to full staff after the last arial has been completed . on memorial day weekend we have hundreds of scouts veterans and

volunteers who come out and placed individual gravesite flags on every grave throughout the cemetery transformation from when they begin to when they conclude and to have that coupled with our memorial day ceremony is very moving and suchappointment reminder of the cost of our freedom . it's a reminderto us not to take that for granted , to be truly grateful for the price is paid not only by those who given their lives but those will have served our country and still pay the price today in one way or another and it's so meaningful to be to work in the national cemetery and see the history around us and to know this is such an integral part of our nation's past and present. >>

meter. >> hello, i'm captain tom the coordinator for the san francisco fire department. this oversight is the three and 4 anniversary of loma linda earthquake i want to go over a few things to help you preparation building a supply kit and supply kit does is not have to be put together all at once take your time on the website have a list of recommendation and have enough food and water to feed your family through three to 5 days

and purchase the fire extinguisher if you have an extinguisher at hand will stop a small fire from being a by fire it is simple to use check the gage make sure it is charged and then repeat the word task task stand for pull to pin aim the novel and screws the trigger and successes to the because of fire the last recommendation to look at the gas meter electrical gas lines cause fires in the loma linda earthquake and we want to show you how to turn off the gay only turn off if you hear gas or hear hissing and coordinator nathan will demonstrate how to turn that off. >> with a whenever i'm going to

turn it over one quarter turn. so in on holler orientation in turn off our gays meter don't turn it back on get a service call fromtelevision.

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but not the type of kid would get food but this is something i really have been progressing on a talent from like other artists. >> this is amazing. >> this is so good yeah, it is so good like the artists. >> i love it. >> what a great project. >> part of the part for have i grants. >> yeah. i love it. >> i serve in for 2 two years now and i really am fortunate to live in a place for art. >> an effort creating places it serve san francisco soul and that makes them want to see this place; right? with the

experience of art in san jose experience in from the get-go sometimes our environmentalist has created tests but we have an opportunity for that and have artists in the storefront part of project you can walk in and experience and hoping we'll be there for a long time. >> this is the first farther easy way of going to spaces i didn't know how it is really cool it would be and we're forced to be in the moment when we're test and creating something really cool. >> makes us feel good. >> as far (unintelligible) done all temporary and took them

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