A $2 million proposal to begin the process of creating a new Memorial Park across the street from the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee has been signed into law.
Former students and state and local officials took part in a ceremony to dedicate a memorial and honor victims who were abused and, in some cases, died at the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Jackson County.
Stories of rape and deadly beatings were dismissed until the boys grew up and in retirement united as the White House Boys and demanded a state apology