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Community celebrates Herb Fosterâs 93rd birthday
Friends, family, and former colleagues thank Island figurehead for decades of dedication to community betterment.
Edgartown FD showed up to extend good wishes. - Jeremy Driesen
Canine well-wisher. - Jeremy Driesen
Cars were decorated for the occasion. -Jeremy Driesen
Well-wishers held up signs going by the house. -Jeremy Driesen
Cars lined up to wish Herb a happy birthday. -Jeremy Driesen
Photo of Herb and his late wife in the window of his house. -Jeremy Driesen
Edgartown Police Chief Bruce McNamee helped direct all the cars that showed up. -Jeremy Driesen
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Fighting for justice and inclusion
The story of the NAACP on Martha’s Vineyard.
Demonstration march to the Whaling Church by Williamston visitors and Edgartown hosts, Dec. 1963. Courtesy M.V. Museum
Williamston, N.C., delegation invited to Edgartown and hosted by the M.V. NAACP, December 1963. Courtesy M.V. Museum
Williamston, N.C., delegation invited to Edgartown by the Rev. Henry Bird, December 1963. Courtesy M.V. Museum
M.V. NAACP float in Edgartown Fourth of July parade, 1964. Courtesy M.V. Museum
Myrlie Evers, widow of Medgar Evers, at the Edgartown summer home of national NAACP president and Edgartown summer resident Kivie Kaplan, standing, and his wife Emily Kaplan, seated left. Circa 1964. Courtesy M.V. Museum