00:00 - All right senator art Haywood talked to us

00:02 - about the significance of today what brings you

00:06 - and the senate to the national constitution center

00:09 - so as pio america to fifty to therapists

00:12 - avaya decided to have a special session geared

00:15 - we are first at independence

00:17 - hall and we'd had a tour and looked at some of the historical events

00:21 - and artifacts there

00:23 - and now in the national constitution center where we're going to have

00:26 - some further converse stations about

00:28 - the founding of the nation

00:29 - not just where it was but where it is going

00:32 - and there's two fifty event

00:34 - for me it's very important that we look at the next two fifty certainly well look at

00:38 - what happened in seventeen seventy six

00:41 - but our nation is changing the dynamics are changing so we need to prepare our nation

00:45 - will in next two fifty for the next fifty

00:48 - this to me the probably the core

00:51 - of why is important for me to be here

00:53 - we've got to look to the future.

00:56 - Can you talk about some of the things you're doing.

00:59 - That are going on in your district when it comes to

01:02 - america to fifty.

01:03 - So first of all there have been the ceremonial bells placed throughout

01:08 - the

01:09 - city

01:09 - one was put in

01:10 - mount airy a fantastic conversation about really Liberty amount of area and the

01:15 - integration of mouth area how that worked

01:17 - there was another one in west oak Lane and this Friday

01:20 - there's going to be in bell installed in germantown.

01:23 - Asia these bells are a way for community members to come together

01:27 - and celebrate what is unique and what is special

01:31 - germantown as you may or may not know

01:34 - is where we have fritos

01:35 - backyard.

01:37 - Places where the revolution

01:39 - started

01:40 - and not just a revolution

01:42 - you know we got jazz and house

01:43 - which is part of the underground railroad

01:46 - also in germantown

01:47 - so a lot of freedom events that we have to celebrate here in the region

01:51 - and i'm glad to be part of it.