Alfred Farrar, former Tuskegee Airman, dies just short of 100th birthday
December 21, 2020 / 3:02 AM / AP
Lynchburg, Virginia Alfred Thomas Farrar, a former Tuskegee Airman, died on Thursday in Virginia only days before a ceremony planned to honor his service in the program that famously trained Black military pilots during World War II. He was 99. Farrar s son, Roy, told The Associated Press on Sunday that his father died at his Lynchburg home. Alfred Farrar would have turned 100 years old on Dec. 26.
Farrar left his Lynchburg hometown for Tuskegee, Alabama after graduating high school, to begin his aviation training in 1941. It was the next best thing to do, Farrar had told The News & Advance in a story that ran last week.
A University of Lynchburg graduate student is giving a voice to forgotten soldiers from the Battle of Lynchburg through a special blog series for Lynchburgâs historic Sandusky.
Eli Stewart grew up in Lynchburg but said the Civil War battle that took place in his hometown was not widely taught.
âI donât think it was all that immortalized. We didnât place that much importance on it,â Stewart said. âIn the grand scheme of things, I guess the Battle of Lynchburg really isnât a major war, but I think what is really cool is how all of these people convene in this seemingly insignificant town of Lynchburg to do battle.â
Alfred Thomas Farrar died just days before a ceremony that was organized to honor his service in the Tuskegee Airman program. He would have turned 100 on Dec. 26.
20 bars and restaurants that opened or closed in the Kalamazoo area in 2020
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 21, 2020
(top left to right) Three restuarants that closed this year The Union, Bravo Restaurant and Cafe, Theo and Stacy s Restaurant. (Bottom left to right) Three restaurants that opened this year: Turbo Chicken, Rose St. Nutrition, and Load a Spud.
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KALAMAZOO, MI The restaurant and bar industries have been under the microscope as the world grapples with how to safely gather and enjoy dining during a global pandemic.
After a slew of executive orders have opened, closed and restricted the industry, a look back at 2020 shows that at least 11 Kalamazoo business owners took the risk of opening, despite the pandemic.