hello, emeline! this is the lorenbahn? ja!which are cut off by the mainland from flooding up to 50 times a year. people living here use the little trains to get around. each family has its own wagon or lore, and every one is unique. claudia has offered to give me a ride on hers. you have to be very physically fit to do this, don't you? 0h, she's changing the rails across! right! got the birds flying, the water, the light — this is stunning! so, claudia, when did the lorenbahn start? but there's a catch — as a tourist, you're not really supposed to be using it, unless you are staying over on the island. did someone show you how to do this? luckily for me, claudia runs a bed and breakfast. mmm, cauliflower! do you feel that it's a shame that people can't come to use it unless they come and stay here? would you want to have more tourists coming? the lorenbahn wasn't actually built for the residents to get around — it belongs to and is run by germany's state department for coastal defence. wow! well, this is definitely a lot bigge

[applause] juan and emelin and their two sons moved into their first home inest warwick last year usingur down payment assistance program. i was there to welcome them. their son actually gave me a little seashell. and we love that. because it meant something to him that he was walking into his first home and he wanted to say thank you. he gave me a gift tonight. so thank you so much. i want to congratulate them on their new home and thank them for choosing rhode island. it is important that we recognize that homeownership is a key to creating generational wealth. in addition new housing tools passed last year, the budget i'll propose will call for a $100 million housing production bond on the llot. this would be the largest housing production bond in our state's history. and we're going to ensure that, if approved by the voters, these dollars will create more inventory and help put young people on a path to homeownership in our state. -- more young people on a path to homeownership in our state. [applause] because we know that homeownership for everyonen this room is one of the top ways

she tells them about a letter that she received from his sister emeline and we do have correspondence from both of those sisters in the collection as well. but it's a closing that she uses at the end of this may 15th letter in which she writes again about sort of the receiving the letters and the timeline. and she writes, quote, i will close hoping to hear from you as soon as possible and try to write oftener as i have been trying to do. i'll send you a few stamps in this letter. i will send you more at the time, but i'm afraid you might not get them. and in some ways, some of the web, as we were looking at the letters, there were things that were prescient in many of these at the time that she is writing. and may 14, through 15. david is engaged at the battle of masaka in northern georgia. it's a pretty evenly matched battle between the union and the confederate forces. it actually is an inconclusive battle, but his regiment and his company suffer a number of casualty issues, including the capture of david, which we believe happened on may 14th. it's not until later in may. does rach

hello, emeline! this is the lorenbahn? ja! komm!ry physically fit to do this, don't you? oh, she's changing the rails across! right! got the birds flying, the water, the light — this is stunning! so, claudia, when did the lorenbahn start? but there's a catch — as a tourist, you're not really supposed to be using it, unless you are staying over on the island. luckily for me, claudia runs a bed and breakfast. do you feel that it is a shame that people can't come to use it unless they come and stay here? would you want to have more tourists coming? the lorenbahn wasn't actually built for the residents to get around — it belongs to and is run by germany's state department for coastal defence. wow! well, this is definitely a lot bigger than claudia's! nice! how does it start? you can give power. can i try? yes. wow, claudia did not let me do any of this! then, you have to accelerate. oh, so the wheel is the accelerator? yes. so, did you have to learn how to ride this for the job? yes. was it a lot of fun? much fun. much fun! engineer fab