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Mandingo [Osceola Tshaka] had called us up and he told us that he had found out about a burial ground right across from Flushing Cemetery. He had been at a, I believe at a service at Flushing Cemetery. And he was talking to the person who kept the grounds there. And the man said, they were talking, and Flushing Cemetery unfortunately was segregated even in death. The black people were buried along the fence, years ago, and other people were buried more in the middle of the cemetery. So they were talking about that and how, how ridiculous that was. And he said, \"Oh, well, you know, there's another cemetery right over, down the road here.\" And Mandingo said, \"Well, where?\" And he said, \"Well, you know, that playground over there, that was a cemetery at one time.\"","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=15.0,85.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: So Mandingo was very interested in it. And he looked into it and he found out it was a burial ground for Black Americans and indigenous Americans and even some Caucasian American people that are buried there. And, he was wondering, why wasn't it still a cemetery? It was a playground with a wading pool and that kind of thing. And he did a lot of research into it and he found out that it was a burial site and it was very upsetting to him. And then he told us he would like us to be on the Conservancy to help reclaim it, rename it, and make sure it gets refurbished. So we said, of course we would. We knew him since we were children. And he was, Mandingo took care of my dad's horse at the Bayside Stables. And so that was, I guess his first job before he became a professional singer. And so that's how we sort of got into it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=85.0,164.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Yes--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=164.0,164.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: What else?--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=164.0,165.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: That's how we knew him 'cause my father, we were like family and he, you know, he was another member of our family and so we wanted to help him with whatever we could do. So he started the Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground Conservancy. And so we were very happy to join in and work with him and see what we could accomplish.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=165.0,202.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Right. And then we met all the other people. We met Robbie [Garrison] and Beverly [Riley] and all the others. And we started working on it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=202.0,212.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=212.0,213.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: And Mandingo thought that the name, first of all, the name had to change. It was called Martin's Field. And he had found, done some research, and apparently Mr. Martin--who was a very famous horticulturist in Flushing--he had racist attitudes apparently, so Mandingo said we don't want his name associated with this site. So he did research and there were several other names that the site had, but the Conservancy decided that the Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground was the best name for the site.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=213.0,252.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: Oh, we noticed both of you are also active in other like community activist organizations. But I read articles that, Henry, you were involved with, like I think trying to preserve Klein Farm in Queens and, Aline, you're involved with the Alley Pond Environmental Center? So was that, were you guys involved with those--so actually before you joined with Mandingo to like preserve the Flushing, the burial ground site, were you always involved in activism from when you guys were, like, from way before then?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=252.0,290.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Yeah, yeah. I guess we were.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=290.0,292.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=292.0,293.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Right, right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=293.0,294.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: We were, we did participate in other groups and that kind of thing, but Mandingo was a very important person in our family. And so, my father trusted him to help him with his horse. And he was very kind, Mandingo was very kind and very knowing about what to do. So that's why we joined in with him for this other reason, this burial ground.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=294.0,340.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Right. When we heard about it and we heard that it had been desecrated the way it was, we were very shocked and it's just a terrible tragedy, really. And, we thought we better help out and do whatever we could to make it--to make amends.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=340.0,363.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Yes. To do the right thing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=363.0,365.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=365.0,367.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: So when you were doing the community activism, like I know Robbie was saying, she was telling us that the actual process to even just getting the name changed was actually, it involved like a lot of, I guess back and forth between the Conservancy and the Parks Department. We were wondering, but--'cause we're hoping this could also be kind of like a white paper for other community groups to kind of like, see, like a blueprint for how they could try and preserve their local sites. But what would you say were, I guess like the key actions that you guys did trying to at least like, get the Conservancy like on the ground running, trying to build that, like, public knowledge and trying to get people aware of your efforts to conserve the site?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=367.0,410.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Right. Well--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=410.0,410.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: I think, I think Mandingo did a lot of that work. He, he was on the community planning board.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=410.0,425.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=425.0,426.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: And so, he was an active figure in all of this. So, we loved him and we wanted to participate and help in any way we could. And so, that's how it came about, the Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=426.0,453.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: And he--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=453.0,453.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: --Committee.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=453.0,454.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: And he had done a lot of research on the site and he knew a lot of information about the site. So he went to some of the elected officials. Julia Harrison was one person. She was a former assembly woman in the area. And he spoke to her and she was very willing to help him. And then of course later on, we worked with Senator Liu, Senator John Liu, and Councilman Peter Koo, and Tony Avella, and Frank Padavan. And everybody kind of came together to help out and to make sure that the site was treated with respect and dignity.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=454.0,502.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Yes. So we counted on, we counted on their help because they were state senators in this event--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=502.0,513.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Assembly people, council people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=513.0,515.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: So they had pull.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=515.0,519.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=519.0,519.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: So that's what we needed--to pull. [laughter]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=519.0,523.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: We also went to Borough President Helen Marshall and she pledged at the time $150,000 to restore a monument on the site. And we went then after her, she, after her it was Borough President Melinda Katz, and we went to her and she was working with us to get everything done properly. You know, sometimes the Parks Department was not always the most cooperative. They were, they kept insisting the site was a park and we said, well, if this, you know, it was known that there may have been at least a thousand people buried there. We said to her, the people there, we don't consider that a park, we consider that a cemetery and it's important to recognize the sites as that. And--so that's how it all started.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=523.0,582.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Right. And, you know, having the Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground committee, it was more forceful and more, wanting the right thing to be done.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=582.0,598.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Right. And, and Reverend Tweed down at the Macedonia AME [African Methodist Episcopal] Church was supporting us. And a lot of community people also saw the need to back us. I know Assemblyman [Ron] Kim and Assemblyman [Edward] Braunstein were helpful as well. And, after a while, even the civic association, I'm one of the vice presidents at the local civic and it's in my area and I spoke to the people during civic meetings about the site, and everybody was shocked that it had been a cemetery and it had been dug up like that in the thirties as it was. And, everybody's very supportive. And so it was, it was very good. The community came together to do the right thing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=598.0,654.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Right. And we were very happy about that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=654.0,660.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: So would you say like, maybe, especially based on what we heard when we spoke with Robbie, would you say since the community came together and were in support of memorializing the site, was it mainly that a lot of the pushback [was] within the Parks Department, because they believe since it was their land, they had the right to decide how to [unclear].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=660.0,678.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Yeah. The Parks Department, they, they're, they were a little wary of everything and they, they didn't exactly--they were supportive in, in their own way. But you know, then again, at times it didn't seem that they wanted to agree with us all the time, so we had to work with them and discuss things with them. But I think things are starting to come around now and it looks much better, looks much better.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=678.0,710.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: Have you guys had a chance to, 'cause we asked Robbie about the current plan, you know, 'cause it's under construction. What do you guys think about the current plans for the new memorial that they're constructing?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=710.0,726.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Yes, we were on the committee, so--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=726.0,731.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: We saw the plans--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=731.0,732.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Yes--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=732.0,732.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: We went to the Borough President's Office, where they were presented to us. However, we're very, a little bit upset because we've noticed that they cut down several trees on the site and that was not what we wanted to see. We wanted the trees to be preserved because that's the way, that's the beauty of the site. And so, we've complained about that. And at the time, we also saw a little different things that we want tweaked and improved upon. And so we spoke out and we say exactly what we felt about it and it seems like it's coming together, but we're still upset about the trees being cut down.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=732.0,779.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Right. That's, the Parks Department, they're supposed to preserve trees and here they're taking them down. So we don't have much faith in what they do. And we want to be advised by them.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=779.0,797.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Exactly. What's going to happen.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=797.0,798.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Right--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=798.0,798.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Right--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=798.0,799.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: And why. And they should come before us. We're the Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground people. And so they should be more cooperative and help us--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=799.0,814.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Transparent about everything.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=814.0,816.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=816.0,816.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: [unclear]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=816.0,816.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: What was that?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=816.0,828.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: Oh, no, I'm sorry. I cut you off [unclear]. You can continue what you were going to say.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=828.0,829.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: No, I, we want that. We want to have the trees too, so, you know. [laughter]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=829.0,832.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: We want our cake and eat it too. [laughter]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=832.0,840.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: I feel like that was one of the issues 'cause Robbie was saying the whole goal was to preserve the ground, right? Like not necessarily change it, whereas the Parks Department was kind of basically like, no, we can change it to be, I guess, like maybe more aesthetically pleasing, but more in line with kind of keeping it a park as opposed to memorializing what's already there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=840.0,860.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Well, they want it to be visible from the street more too. And I mean, that's a nice idea, but, I think the tree, the trees were very tall trees. So even though the trees were there, it's, you still could see the site from the street in a way. I dunno. It just, it didn't--we weren't too happy about it, but you know, we'll have to--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=860.0,890.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Accept it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=890.0,891.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Accept it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=891.0,892.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: And plant more trees--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=892.0,895.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Right. [laughter]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=895.0,895.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: --and let them grow. You know, it's very difficult.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=895.0,901.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: They want to plant trees there, you know, once it's done, but, small trees take a long time to mature and the old trees are the most effective in preserving the environment and cleaning the air. So that's why we were upset.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=901.0,921.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: So we noticed that, some articles that we read like back when, I think in maybe like 2011, like prior to the new, prior to [Bill] De Blasio planning the new memorial, that Mandingo would always repeat, like, this isn't a park. This is like--this is a cemetery, a place to like contemplate the people who are here. So how would you guys envision, like considering now that Parks has obviously kind of made some tweaks to the design that you guys had intended for the finalized memorial, but how would you most, how would you best envision people I guess like utilizing the space?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=921.0,958.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Well, it's primarily a burial ground. So we want to be apprised of what they do because we want to make sure it remains as a burial ground and--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=958.0,978.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: It's a holy place.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=978.0,981.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: --should be respected.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=981.0,982.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Right. Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=982.0,983.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: And that was our main mission, to respect and to protect the grounds.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=983.0,993.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: And the stone itself that they're going to install will be kind of on the rise. So it'll be visible. And it's going to have enough space in it to list additional names of people who are buried there, once those names are discovered. I think they only know about a hundred names of people that are buried there at this point. And there may be up to a thousand people buried there. That's what we found out. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=993.0,1025.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: So the other thing that we spoke about with Robbie was that obviously, Mandingo, he couldn't be present to do like any current interviews, but she mentioned that--obviously you guys have said too--that you've known him since you guys were children. So we were wondering if you could kind of give us like, I guess like maybe like a greatest hits of your time together in your youth, [laughter] how you remember him most, just like as your time like together growing up.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1025.0,1054.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Well, Mandingo is very much alive today, you know. He's 89 years old. And you know, he's, he has mobility issues. He has difficulty taking care of himself at this point, some memory issues, but he's very verbal and himself. He's joking all the time. Passing funny remarks. And he has very sharp observations of people, and [laughter] you don't want to be on his bad side.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1054.0,1093.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: We love him--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1093.0,1093.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Yeah--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1093.0,1093.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: --and respect him.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1093.0,1094.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Sure--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1094.0,1095.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: And we feel that he's doing the right thing--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1095.0,1098.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Right--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1098.0,1098.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: --with the burial ground. And we wish that the Parks Department is more able--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1098.0,1108.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Transparent--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1108.0,1108.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Yes, because, that seems to be our stumbling block.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1108.0,1116.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: At times.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1116.0,1117.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1117.0,1118.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Mandingo, he was an activist in the community for many years and he, his neighborhood in Bayside over here for a long time was not well taken care of. And he, there was flooding, there was bad streets. There was no sidewalks here and there and curbs were bad and there was a lot of problems and he was a force. He went to different politicians and he insisted that things be done. And when he was at the community board, he would get up and he would, he would almost lecture everybody about how his area needed this and his area needed that. And there was also a drug problem in his community by the junior high school that was a block away from his house. And it was in a playground, the drug dealers were there, and he was vehemently angry about that. And he went there himself, and he was threatened and the police had to be called, and he, he was like a warrior. He always says, \"I'm in the battlefield again\" whenever he has a fight on his hands, and gradually they got rid of the drug people there, thank goodness. And he says, he would say to me, \"That's such a terrible example for the children to be playing and seeing this crap going on.\" And he didn't say crap, he said a worse word. [laughter] And he said, \"I'm not putting up with it. And that's that.\" And, at that time he was a very strong, powerfully built man, and he just wouldn't tolerate it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1118.0,1243.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: And he had been away from Bayside for--he was a professional singer. He was on Broadway. He was in Porgy and Bess and Show Boat. He went on the road and was away for long periods of times performing. And he knew a lot of the show people at the time. And, even now he still is able to sing and every time, well, I haven't been able to visit him since the pandemic started, but when I went to see him, we, I would always get, \"Amazing Grace.\" He would be singing \"Amazing Grace,\" you know, to everybody in the nursing home, all down the corridor and stuff. So I said to him, \"You still have it going on Mandingo.\" And he would laugh and he said, \"Yeah, I know.\" He says, \"I still can sing, and that's a gift. That's a gift.\" He was grateful for everything that he has and had.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1243.0,1307.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Yes. And he was funny. [laughter] He came up with funny things and so it was--he was well liked by everyone.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1307.0,1328.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Yeah, he was. [laughter]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1328.0,1328.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: But he had the Parks Department to deal with. And that was--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1328.0,1332.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Well, he, he didn't tolerate, he didn't suffer fools gladly. Let's just put it that way, you know.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1332.0,1345.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: One other question we had was, so basically the Conservancy, the Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground Conservancy, you both have a, like this idea of like community building, right? Like preserving what's important for like local history, but also allowing people to kind of like revel in the history that may not be like necessarily publicized by like the mainstream. Because it is true that, from what we've like learned as even doing this documentary, a lot of local people aren't aware that the site is actually there and are like content to not be aware that it's there. So we were wondering is like, how would you consider the significance of these events, especially considering the modern demographics of Flushing don't necessarily reflect the people who are currently memorialized at the site. So like the connection between the present realities of Flushing, and yet you have this site that represents an aspect of Flushing history that many people don't really know about because they still consider it just like, just a modern Chinatown basically.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1345.0,1403.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Hmm. Well, you know, it's surprising. Whenever we are able to tell people about the site, whether it's at a civic meeting or we've gone to Community Board Seven several times and spoken about the site, people are very, very interested in the site. And we have a diverse population on the community board and in the community. And people are very shocked to hear that that was desecrated, excuse me, as it was. It was dug up to make that playground. The bones were dug up and they were taking bones as souvenirs and all kinds of horrible things. And even they were stealing the pennies that had been placed on the eyes of the dead people--that was a custom at the time before they were buried--because I guess they felt that was--I don't know exactly why they did that, but--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1403.0,1466.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: It was done.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1466.0,1468.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: It was done. It was a custom. But I think as we go and let more and more people know, people will be interested in the site. We've had some events at the site to memorialize. We've had Chief Little [Fox] come--he's one of the Matinecock Indians that came--and he did a kind of a service there. And we've had a lot of people show up. In fact, the mayor came, now, Mayor De Blasio came by when the site was about to be, the project was about to be announced, and he came with the Borough President and everybody was very much on board. We have, we have support of course from the African-American community. And we had a lot of people from the Asian community come to our events. 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And they're still parks for children.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1585.0,1598.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Well, there are people now in other areas, I know in Elmhurst and Corona, there has been sites discovered, and they're working on those sites as well. So we're really happy. The Queens Preservation Council is a group that meets regularly, well, not since the pandemic started, but, and some of these people have come to the meeting to discuss their sites. And, we always talk about the Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground as part of our discussion at the meeting. 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We had a brochure to hand out to people--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1675.0,1678.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/103","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: That's what--right. We'd like to have a newsletter.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1678.0,1680.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/104","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kevin O'Leary: We have it right here actually--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1680.0,1682.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/105","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Yeah! [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1682.0,1688.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/106","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: We're actually planning to do like interviews in front of the burial ground, just asking passers by if they're aware of the site, and we plan on handing out your pamphlets--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1688.0,1697.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/107","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Oh, wonderful! [laughter]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1697.0,1697.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/108","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: We're curious to see what people will say when we ask them, \"Are you aware that there's a burial ground here?\" And see if anyone will say yes or no.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1697.0,1710.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/109","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1710.0,1711.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/110","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Well you know, few years back, some of the people that live nearby were not very happy about the burial ground being rediscovered like that. And they were not--they said some very unkind things about the people that are buried there. And--but you know, those people don't seem to be much around anymore. We see people coming, like Sally [Mehreteab] that you spoke to today, she lived a block away and she didn't know about it. And she became interested in, she joined our Conservancy.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1711.0,1749.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/111","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1749.0,1750.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/112","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: So, I mean, I think the, those people that didn't like that at the time, I think more and more they moved away, or maybe they passed away, and now we're getting people that understand this situation.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1750.0,1766.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/113","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Right. And want to participate.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1766.0,1769.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/114","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1769.0,1771.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/115","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: So that's a good thing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1771.0,1773.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/116","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: So we spoke to, oh--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1773.0,1773.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/117","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Go ahead. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1773.0,1773.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/118","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: When we spoke to Sally earlier, she mentioned that her driving interest was an interest in the side of American history that people don't acknowledge. And the histories that kind of get ignored in favor of like, maybe like a grander, more coherent narrative that doesn't necessarily include those people from marginalized communities that are unfortunately, always like pushed to the back. But, and you mentioned that you noticed there's kind of a greater trend in people who are also interested in those histories. Do you think, especially now, 'cause like I also mentioned to Sally that earlier this year with the Black Lives Matter protests, and at Main Street there was a Korean activist group that was protesting non-black marginalized communities that are like complicit in the erasure of African-American histories. So do you think, especially now coming out of all this stuff that's come out of like the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protest, do you like envision more and more people becoming interested in sites like a burial ground?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1773.0,1841.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/119","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: I think so--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1841.0,1843.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/120","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Yes, definitely. I think so--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1843.0,1844.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/121","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: I think people are waking up to different things and especially now that the election is over and we have a new president coming in who was more sensitive to racial matters. I think it's going to be a much more positive thing coming up.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1844.0,1866.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/122","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1866.0,1866.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/123","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: We'll see if my group mates have any other questions they want to ask because I've basically dominated [laughs] the questions.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1866.0,1876.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/124","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: That's okay. That's okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1876.0,1880.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/125","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Gabriella Lacza: You did a great job, Melissa. That was good. And thank you for taking the time to meet with us too.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1880.0,1888.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/126","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: We're available. We're both retired. We like to be active and do these things.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1888.0,1896.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/127","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1896.0,1896.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/128","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: So just, you know, don't forget us.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1896.0,1903.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/129","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kevin O'Leary: I was curious about one detail. Mandingo was like a, he was a caretaker for the horses of your father?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1903.0,1912.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/130","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Yeah. My father just had one horse.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1912.0,1915.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/131","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kevin O'Leary: Oh, okay. There was just one horse. Okay, okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1915.0,1916.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/132","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: There was a stable in Bayside, which was very unusual. And so there--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1916.0,1925.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/133","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: They had a whole host of horses there and Mandingo, he would take care of a lot of the horses and--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=1925.0,1933.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/134","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: He would like to ride on my father's horse. 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And he didn't even actually know when he was a child that that was a stable, but he saw the horses there and he saw people riding. And one day he walked over to the fence and there were two women there that had horses boarded there. And one of them said, \"Would you like to get up on the horse\" to him. And of course being Mandingo, he said, \"Sure.\" [laughter] He got on the horse. And after a while he was able to ride the horse. And then Pat Devine, who owned the stable, asked him if he would like to work there part-time. And he said, \"Sure.\" And he, that's how he started. 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[unclear] horses--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2028.0,2028.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/141","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Right--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2028.0,2028.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/142","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Yeah. He was quite a wonderful person.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2028.0,2032.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/143","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Yeah. And he still is.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2032.0,2034.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/144","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: He still is. [laughter] And he, he's very gracious, and so--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2034.0,2043.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/145","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: He's been honored several times at different churches in this area. And of course at the AME Church in Flushing, he was honored not long, well, it was a few years ago he was honored. And it was a, it was a musical event. It was fantastic. And he performed, of course. [laughter]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2043.0,2064.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/146","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: He has a beautiful voice.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2064.0,2066.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/147","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2066.0,2069.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/148","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: And we, happy that he got into this and made progress. We're very beholden to him.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2069.0,2084.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/149","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2084.0,2085.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/150","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: So that's where we, why we joined into this organization also.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2085.0,2097.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/151","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: Oh, we also noticed that in 2014 you were honored, I think by different Bayside historical associations, for both of your involvements in the community activism. Just wondering, I guess to maybe like spur others to kind of go also into the path of community activism, how would you say your lifetime of community activism has like impacted yourself as like a person, like your whole I guess, how you carry yourself? 'Cause also, obviously you guys seem like you're very, I guess, like compassionate and caring about the stories of other people. And that seems to be like the driving force of your interests in helping like the preservation of local sites.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2097.0,2136.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/152","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2136.0,2138.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/153","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: That's right. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2138.0,2140.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/154","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Well, we, we joined the Bayside Historical Society and I'm still on the board there. And, we, we're very much interested in preservation of the neighborhood. We like traditional homes and we worked on rezoning, we did rezoning in our communities, done that. And I'm on the community board now also. 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I was trying to get the kids involved with the environment and--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2183.0,2189.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/160","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: She did a great job too. She did a very good job. She developed the programs there, and--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2189.0,2197.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/161","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: I had to make them up myself, [laughter] which was harder to do, but it came to me as a gift giving thing, because that was my strong interest. And it was nice to be recognized. And we had, we had a good time in those years. So, and we, we, we'd like to impart that to the children [unclear] so that maybe they would be more interested in the environment and protecting the environment and preserving the environment. So that was, that was good.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2197.0,2249.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/162","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: Okay, I mean, I have no more questions. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2249.0,2256.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/163","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kevin O'Leary: Yeah, for now. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2256.0,2256.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/164","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Yeah. We're always available if you're, you know, we are here in Bayside and we want to make sure that things go for the better.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2256.0,2278.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/165","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: Yeah--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2278.0,2278.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/166","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: We're both Queens College graduates too, by the way.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2278.0,2282.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/167","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: Ah, cool! Me too. I did my undergrad and my graduate at Queens College.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2282.0,2288.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/168","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: I did too!","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2288.0,2293.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/169","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: Yeah, me too. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2293.0,2293.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/170","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: We're very fond of Queens College.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2293.0,2295.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/171","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Melissa Lino: Yeah, it's a really great institution, especially being, being local and being funded by the city. It's a lot, it's affordable and it also just--because I went to Flushing High School, so it was basically like, I wasn't really sure about going out of state. And people always assume that like the further the school, probably the better the quality of education. But at Queens College, I feel like I really grew a lot. And even the people there, they were so attuned to like the diverse population of students that it felt like it was something that just really helped me grow as a person.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2295.0,2330.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/172","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: I agree with you a thousand percent. [laughs] And I loved my time at Queens College, and I, [laughter] I joined the--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2330.0,2344.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/173","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: She was in a sorority. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2344.0,2346.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/174","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Yeah. I had a lot of fun. [laughter] I had so much fun there and I learned so much and I loved that place. Queens College. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2346.0,2359.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/175","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Henry Euler: When we went there it was for free.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136#t=2359.0,2361.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/37143/file/106136/transcript/68864/annotation/176","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aline Euler: Yes, imagine that! [laughter] I just had to pay a registration fee, which was about $10. 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