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A
I'm
Andy
Masek
I'm,
the
president
of
the
Heinz
History
Center,
that's
my
day,
job
but
I'm.
Also
the
chairman
of
the
Pittsburgh
bicentennial
commission
and
we
have
gathered
today
to
celebrate
200
years
of
Pittsburgh
history.
You
should
all
know
anyone
who's
lived
here
for
a
few
years
remembers
that
a
few
years
ago
in
2008
we
celebrated
Pittsburgh's
250th
anniversary.
What
what's
that
about
250?
And
now
it's
200.
What
do
we
need
to
check
our
math
or
what
well?
In
fact,
250
years
ago,
Fort
Pitt
was
founded.
A
The
British
Empire
established
its
claim
on
the
forks
of
the
Ohio
River,
and
the
the
community
of
pittsboro
was
founded.
Remember
that
George
Washington
and
general
forbes
road
up
to
the
point
they
found
the
smoldering
ruins
of
Fort
Duquesne
and
Washington
turned
to
Forbes,
The,
Scotsman
and
Washington
said.
What
are
we
going
to
call
this
place
now?
We
can't
call
it
Duquesne.
That
sounds
way
too
French,
sorry,
jean-pierre,
but
it
was
Forbes
who
said
Forbes
from
Edinburgh
Scotland
said
well,
why
don't
we
call
it?
A
Pittsboro
will
call
it
Pittsburgh
and
that's
why
Pittsburgh
has
an
H
on
it
to
this
very
day.
Now
some
of
you
who've
been
around
for
a
while
know
that
Pittsburgh
didn't
always
have
its
age
in
1890,
the
federal
government
took
our
H
away
and
we
became
a
Berg,
not
a
borough
and
the
people
of
Pittsburgh
petitioned
Congress
to
get
our
H
back,
but
it
took
20
years
to
do
it.
It
was
1911
that
Pittsburgh
finally
got
its
H
back
and
we
have
it
to
this
very
day
and
we're
never
gonna.
Let
it
go
again.
A
Well,
those
of
you
who
understand
the
workings
of
government.
It
may
only
be
the
mayor
here
who
really
understands
the
vagaries
and
workings
of
government
know
that
Pittsburgh
became
a
borough
and
a
Township,
but
in
1816
remember
that
date,
1816,
the
legislature
of
the
Commonwealth
of
Pennsylvania,
gave
Pittsburgh
the
right
to
become
a
city,
and
it
was
in
march
of
1816
that
the
incorporation
of
the
city
was
made
possible
and
in
July
of
that
year,
1816
the
first
mayor,
Ebenezer
Denny,
was
sworn
in
Ebenezer
denia,
Revolutionary
War
hero.
A
He
only
lasted
six
months
as
a
mayor
mayor
Peduto
already
has
him
beat
so
we
now
today
want
to
begin
a
celebration,
a
year-long
celebration
of
Pittsburgh's
200th
birthday,
and
toward
that
end
the
mayor
has
assembled
a
volunteer.
Commission
he's
appointed
me.
The
chairman
big
mistake,
mr.
mayor,
and
we
have
300.
A
Community
organizations
have
rallied
around
the
Pittsburgh
Bicentennial
flag.
We
even
have
a
flag
look
at
this
how's
that
now
sticking
with
my
time,
so
we
even
have
our
own
banner
to
rally
around
and
we
have
a
steering
committee
of
30
people.
I
just
want
you
to
know.
They've
been
working
really
hard
on
this
and
some
of
the
steering
committee
members
are
here.
Oh,
we
need
two
microphones.
This
is
a
Bicentennial.
A
We
need
two
microphones,
so
the
Education
Committee,
because
they're
going
to
be
all
kinds
of
interesting
educational
programs
over
the
next
year,
is
headed
by
Esther
bush.
You
know
her
day.
Job
is
with
the
Urban
League,
but
she's
running
a
dynamite
team
of
education
experts,
those
of
you
on
the
Education
Committee.
Could
you
raise
your
hands
right
now
and
wave
they're
all
over
give
them
a
round
of
applause?
There's
esker
over
here
we
have
a
bridges
committee,
because
we're
we're
bridging
the
past
and
the
future.
A
We're
bridging
rivers
and
Jay
soccer
neck
and
Jeremy
Waldrop
are
the
chairs
of
the
bridges
committee.
Are
you
here
guys
they're,
probably
out
on
the
bridges,
Tinzy
LaBrie
and
craig
davis
from
visit?
Pittsburgh
are
heading
up
the
Events
Committee
and
everyone
on
the
Events.
Committee
raise
your
hand,
would
you
see
they're
everywhere
and
then
the
Preservation
Committee
we're
not
forgetting
about
the
past
as
we
focus
on
the
future
here
in
Pittsburgh
and
Mary
Frances
Cooper
of
the
Carnegie
Library
is
heading
up
a
dynamite
committee,
the
Preservation
Committee
Preservation
Committee,
there's
Mary
Frances,
raise
your
hand.
A
Kevin
mcmahon
of
the
Cultural
Trust
has
been
doing
a
dynamite
job
with
communications
and
kevin.
Has
a
great
committee
working
with
him
Kevin?
Where
are
you?
I
saw
you
you're
here
and,
of
course,
Dennis
jablonski
and
Sylvia
fields
are
working
with
the
mayor
on
a
funding
committee,
because
we
do
need
some
money
and
we
need
some
help.
Putting
this
together.
The
crazy
thing
about
this
Bicentennial
is
it's
a
celebration.
It's
an
anniversary
on
a
shoestring.
We
don't
really
have
a
big
budget
for
this.
We're
pittsburghers.
We
just
make
things
happen.
A
It's
kind
of
like
making
Stone
Soup.
Isn't
it
remember
that
story
that
nursery
rhyme
Stone
Soup
a
couple
of
three
guys
come
to
town
they're
hungry
they
ask
for
food,
everybody
closes
their
shutters,
slams
their
doors,
we're
hungry
too.
We
don't
have
anything
to
give,
but
the
soldiers
say.
Oh,
we
didn't
know
you
were
so
bad
off
will
help
you
we'll
make
some
stone
soup
we've
got
these
soup
making
stones.
If
somebody
has
a
pot
in
some
water,
we'll
show
you
how
to
make
it
so
they
put
those
stones
in
the
soup.
A
People
start
gathering
around.
They
build
a
big
fire.
The
soldiers
say
you
know
the
best
stone
soup,
I
ever
had
had
onions
in
it.
Does
anybody
have
any
onions?
Well,
yeah
I've
got
an
onion,
throw
that
in
anybody
have
potatoes.
That
makes
really
good
stone
soup.
Well,
a
few
potatoes.
There's
a
chicken
in
there
they're
turnips
pretty
soon.
They've
got
this
big
boiling
pot
of
stew.
That
feeds
everybody
in
town
and
there's
some
leftover.
Well,
that's
sort
of
what
we're
doing
with
our
Pittsburgh
Bicentennial
we're
making
Stone
Soup
here
and
Pittsburghers.
Well,
they
pitch
in.
A
A
Pittsburgh
organizations
are
going
to
host
those
events,
but
there
are
a
few
signature
events
that
are
coming
up
in
march
on
incorporation
day
in
july,
with
a
Bicentennial
bash
and
a
parade
to
the
point.
They'll
also
be
on
light
up
night,
hopefully,
will
light
up
a
bridge
or
have
a
big
to
do,
and
then
first
night
the
mayor's
going
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
more
about
some
of
those
things
and
get
us
going
on
Pittsburgh's
Bicentennial,
it's
Pittsburgh's
birthday.
Here's
mayor,
Peduto.
B
B
We
became
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
the
first
council
selected
to
be
the
mayor,
a
guy
named
Ebenezer
Denny,
who
was
a
revolutionary
war
hero
who
fought
with
General
Washington
against
Cornwallis
when
the
British
surrendered
to
the
United
States,
and
he
was
actually
given
the
honor
of
holding
the
color
city
of
the
United
States
flag
at
that
surrendering
a
hundred
years
later,
mayor,
Armstrong
Joe,
the
Builder.
They
called
him
for
the
100th
anniversary,
commissioned
the
building
of
this
beautiful
building
for
the
100th
anniversary.
B
And
then
the
adult
holding
this
building
you'll
see
the
history
of
the
city
halls
that
were
built
in
the
county
court
houses
that
were
built
in
the
idea
back
a
hundred
years
ago
that
we
could
work
together
as
a
city
in
the
county
and
literally
work
together
in
one
building
and
creating
that
building.
That
was
the
legacy
of
our
first
100
years,
this
beautiful
building.
B
This
is
going
to
be
our
way
to
be
able
to
celebrate
it
through
three
hundred
different
organizations
in
their
celebrations
to
be
able
to
create
a
parade
of
all
the
parades,
because
our
parades
are
very
specific,
but
they
very
rarely
include
everyone
in
an
opportunity
to
see
that,
as
a
way
to
celebrate
this
wonderful
city,
it
will
be
a
year
of
celebrating
the
greatness.
That
is,
this
city
through
its
people.
B
So
we
start
back
in
in
March
and
in
March
is
when
the
city
became
incorporated
when
Harrisburg
gave
us
the
right
to
become
a
city
in
on
March
18th.
In
the
day
that
of
incorporation
day,
this
building
will
become
an
open
house.
A
museum
of
city,
archives
of
history
of
the
city
will
work
with
the
History
Center
in
history
and
landmarks
foundation
in
our
city
clerk,
so
that
people
can
walk
and
come
into
this
building
and
take
a
look
back
over
200
years
of
what
made
this
city.
B
The
city
that
it
is
today
in
that
evening
will
work
with
our
cultural
institutions
to
create
a
gallery
crawl
throughout
downtown
to
celebrate
the
Civic
in
the
culture
of
the
200
years.
That
helped
to
build
it
and,
in
fact
we're
working
with
the
Pittsburgh
Symphony
to
be
able
to
have
a
free
concert
for
the
people
of
Pittsburgh.
That
will
be
the
first
symphony
that
the
symphony
ever
played
in
July.
B
The
bicentennial
bash
I
got
to
put
a
special
thank
you
out
to
Gloria
firuzan
in
my
office,
who,
on
her
own
time
on
weekends
and
in
the
evening,
has
been
able
to
contact
yeah
yeah,
because
this
news
didn't
happen
until
last
night.
She
has
now
been
able
to
contact
descendants
of
all
56
mares,
who
will
be
coming
back
to
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
from
as
far
away
as
Europe
to
be
able
to
have
a
day
where
they'll
be
here.
B
Those
are
the
big
events,
but
all
the
small
events
that
happen
in
all
of
the
neighborhoods
all
of
the
different
ways
that
we
celebrate
when
we
gather
together,
whether
it's
through
the
great
race
or
the
marathon
or
the
arts
festival
they'll,
all
have
a
special
200th
spin
to
them
will
be
working
to
help
to
bring
that
together.
In
that
passport.
That
will
be
the
access
for
everyone
to
be
able
to
be
apart
will
open
up
new
neighborhoods
and
new
experiences
for
the
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
our
suburban
neighbors.
B
To
really
celebrate
how
special
this
city
is,
I
want
to
recognize
and
thank
city
controller
Michael,
lamb,
who
is
here
with
us
as
well
as
well
as
the
members
of
this
committee
I.
Thank
you
for
the
time
and
the
effort
that
you
put
in
and
it's
interesting
when
you
look
at
the
committee,
it's
made
up
of
so
many
nonprofits
and
civic
organizations
and
organizations
that
represent
a
broad
base
of
this
city,
and
it
really
is
a
testament
of
how
far
we
have
come.
These
past
200
years.