nevertheless they are he heard in the still houses who is not heard them they have a silence that speaks for them at night when the clock counts they say we were young we have died remember us they say we have done what we could but until it is finished it is not done they say we have given our lives but until it is finished no one can know what our lives gave they say our dedicates are not ours they are yourselves they

will mean what you make them and a they say whether our lives and our deaths were for peace and a new hope or for nothing we can't say it is you who must say this we leave you our deaths give them their meaning we were i did not know they say we have died remember us. (clapping.) thank you noah i'd like to introduce a i don't know veteran of the girlfriend war and leader of veterans at san francisco state university

roanoke illinois (clapping) i want to thank and welcome general mississippi i do not and secretary shurlt and senate feinstein and our honored guests from the armed services my colleagues from the veteran organizations such the american lesion and the veterans of foreign wars and swords to flou employ shares your new it generation of the san francisco state university when i work for and work with everyday dedication of this monument was intended to honor and went who, who gave the ultimate surface we went our brave men and women who

figure out on behalf of the nation abrade it will contain scared soils from the hills and valleys of upper europe from central america to the conflicts happening in the deserts scared soil and many monument will give voice to those who are lost the irony although i've served e served in the army and prepared for battle my desert is colorado springs my junldz were the sweltering summers of south carolina but nevertheless, i stand here today to give voice to those who are now silent those who that gave in their life in battle out of duty and

honor i've found with the stories i've heard from my veteran students and other veterans who have seen embattle each one fall even gave in their life for the man standing next to them by honoring the fall we must also honor who those who they for the truth of the matter u fought for and with those who made it back home this monument speaks for those who were made silent by death we as the community need to give voice to those who silently live on from our elected koflz of officials to our businesses and are corporations to every veteran service organization and amongst the veteran community itself we need to live our lives remembering the great skasz made for us to work together to serve those who have served with the

dedication of that monument and the eir turning of the excavated soil we knew our vow to stop homeless in the veteran community to provide the services and benefits our veterans have earned and deserve and educate newest generation of the veterans and give true opportunity in the workforce to our highly skilled and highly disciplined he veteran job seekers we'll remember the skies and remember to give a voice to our honored fallen and those who died for, thank you. (clapping.) >> to dedicate our san francisco veterans memorial scared soil will be restored in

the passage of remembrance the chest of the soils was made especially by the staff of the memorial board the seal of each of the services is on the chest and the inscription that translates that we never forget placing the chest with the soils will be nelson alumni the veteran legion a vietnam veteran and our i did not know veteran lee 0 la now.

>> (clapping) in a minute i'll ask you to arise as the first marine band plays i ask you to past through the memorial stopping to reflect on the poem and have a glassed of champagne but first thank you for the color glory that stood through all the service and for the first definition band please

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astrology i'm saying this is loving peace that the addition of the wood elements the goat characteristic is taught of love and peace and to be helpful and trusting to clinging and of a nature resistant to change but. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> the mayor is here oh. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and now ladies and gentlemen, welcome to chinatown community children's center. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> please enjoy

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of the ram to 2005 it's my great honor to invite the honorable mayor ed lee to say happy new year also will say it in chinese. >> thank you doris. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and everyone in mandarin. >> all right. right. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> >> first of all, everybody welcome to the kickoff of our wonderful chinese new year the year of the ram i'm so happy to joined by former mayor willie brown give willie a hand (clapping.) supervisor christensen is here thank you julie for being here and sxhaifshg thank you for being here did i miss any other

supervisors or rams here gosh what a wonderful kickoff this just gets more eloquent every year i want to say thank you to the san francisco chinese chamber of commerce for their leadership we're going to have a wonderful two weeks of celebration actual very much to the asian presiding officer's you saw their display along with the chinatown youth center the youth fair with their we have displays you'll be seeing repeated and more eloquent during the parade how about those the rams for the chinatown community children's center weren't they wonderful i look forward to seeing them march throughout the parade with them that's a glimgsz of what we're going to see in a couple of weeks with the celebration of the parade but also for the most part you're here at the empire

jeff asian pacific islander elementary school home the empire is standing next to us imper pa elementary thank you for inviting us to our palaces in chinatown we call it the pal lists because the emperor is here he has lots of fun this is one of the opportunities to step out of his suit and the real suits he always want to be in and his cowboy boats at the same time the dallas rams thank you to you and the ownership here the investors here your been wonderful partners not only on this event but this year with the kinks e connections to our chinese community you're

wonderful large community of operations with or that we have going for this new year please come out and enjoy the community fairs the 10 k run autopsying all of the flowers being sold longing stockton street with the goodies give a red envelope to the person that are still single and younger than you i seven hundred younger (laughter) and anita and i wanted to say to all of you who a great spirit of our new year>> (speaking foreign language.) >> (clapping.) yum, yum. >> yeah. right all right. >> and really a joyous new year to everyone thank you to the police officers for being here and keeping people safe and give

them a red envelope i can if you have one and say thank you to the community for stepping out and being a part of our cultural celebration in this disagreeing great city of our we're wore lucky i'm lucky to be the mayor that enjoys our pride and diversity thank you very much. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> >> thank you thank you very much i 7, 8, 9 to recognize carmen chu and others and like to acknowledge the t o of hilton hotel john let's give them a round of applause and invite willie brown up to say. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> >> he is the real emperor. >> the year of a hours the

white hours was escorted out and in comes the ramming the year of the rams lunar new year as the mayor has said commences as of now and in reality every year in san francisco we start the year out with every aspect of the chinese cultural celebration it is always started reason an administrative and goodwill and good health and hopefully great wealth this year is no different the year of the ram i'm told that there is the year of the anyone questioning can he i'm doing i'm going to have to avoid coming that one for fear that is an error i want to say each and every one of us need to enjoy the entire

14 or 15 days period of the chinese new year unlike almost any other places in the entire nation and mr. mayor for whatever reason the lord is shining that on us no rain over the next 6 days god thank you. >> thank you mayor brown and invite the finding 69 chinese chamber of commerce mr. eddy powell to say a few words. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> thank you mr. eddy thank

you invite ms. rose pack to say a few words audience i know that the mayor ed lee is nervous every time i get a microphone but the brunt of my joke is on willie brown he shows up on time to so the housekeeper at the corner to take the picture first with the horse than the 3 rams and the dog hasten whoever took picture with him afterward i said that's an ass except i remember in the chinese zodiac there's no such thing as ass on the zodiac whoever takes the picture next will be an ass so. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> thank you rose and thank you so much let's take a group picture and welcome the year of the ram we're going to have fire

crackers right so let's take a group picture and grace and everyone from chinese consolidated yeah. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good morning, today is february 27, 2015. my name is john avalos, the chair of lafco. lack