PA Senate America 250 Ceremonial Celebration Interview with Sen. Vincent Hughes
00:00 - Talk about
00:01 - your perspective from
00:03 - as an elected official
00:05 - and
00:06 - and when it comes to america to fifty and reflecting on the history of it all.
00:11 - It is it is appropriate to have
00:14 - the celebration here in Philadelphia.
00:17 - Because
00:18 - not only is this the birthplace
00:20 - of
00:21 - this
00:21 - this this city and this community
00:24 - also represents so much
00:26 - of the struggle that triumph the tragedy.
00:29 - The.
00:31 - The the successes
00:33 - and failures
00:35 - of our democracy the story of the triumph of.
00:39 - Many of our ancestors were enslaved the story of the.
00:44 - Overcoming
00:45 - of the indigenous people
00:48 - and.
00:49 - Their problems but still their successes as well
00:53 - i
00:54 - it is it's important to have the conversation here and hopefully.
00:59 - Will remain and it.
01:00 - Being in the constitution centre
01:03 - the important documents.
01:05 - In the
01:06 - two blocks away from independence.
01:09 - Hall
01:10 - and what was
01:11 - what was addressed there
01:13 - a block away from the president's house
01:15 - and that history that reality
01:18 - i support now we have this conversation.
01:22 - I think it's also important that we not sugar coat
01:24 - any of this
01:25 - and that we'd be honest with one another.
01:28 - As we strive all strive to if you will create a more perfect union.
01:33 - What are you doing in your district you represent parts of Philadelphia
01:38 - how are you commemorating to fifty in
01:41 - your district
01:42 - voter registration.
01:44 - The best way the best way
01:46 - to celebrate
01:47 - two fifty america to fifty Pennsylvania to fifty
01:51 - is to make sure
01:53 - people are registered to vote
01:55 - to make sure also
01:57 - that
01:58 - the stories
01:59 - that need to be told a part of america
02:02 - are in fact whole that we lift up
02:04 - the historic markers
02:06 - from communities that struggled so hard to be a part of the American story the
02:12 - American dream the fact that the first.
02:15 - Female legislator crystal beard faucet
02:18 - is from west Philadelphia an African American woman
02:20 - that story
02:22 - needs to
02:23 - be told.
02:24 - In all kinds of stories like that
02:27 - we must make sure we complete
02:29 - the picture.
02:30 - That it's in great detail.
02:33 - Not just a sketch
02:34 - the detail
02:36 - lies.
02:38 - In fact in many respects the detail lies even in the tragedy
02:42 - with the glory can be.
02:44 - Sandra Hughes thank you very much.