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June 16, 2021
SALISBURY, Md. – Salisbury is getting ready to celebrate Juneteenth with a community cookout. Eastern Shore Juneteenth, the Wicomico Truth and Reconciliation Initiative, Action Made Clothing, and Faith Over Fear Economic Development Inc. are all pitching in. “We weren’t expecting it to be a big event. We were just thinking of something small that we could have that celebrates Juneteenth and that people could come out to. We had so many businesses and organizations reach out to us wanting to sponsor, or wanting to donate in some way,” said Eastern Shore Juneteenth Co-Found Makya Purnell.
Saturday, Salisbury City Park will serve as the venue for music, games, activities, and resources for the community. Purnell says free food will be served up, and it’s not just going to be hotdogs and hamburgers. They’re going to be cooking up all the best parts of soul food, including greens, mac and cheese, and other favorites. Purnell says they’re also gearing s
101 Year Old Spy Marthe Cohn Signing The Log Book
WWII Veteran Major Cohn Signing the Fighter Pilot s Log Book
Worldwide Remembrance & Reconciliation Initiative - The Log Book Project (TLBP) RANCHO PALOS VEERDES, CALIFORNIA, USA, May 6, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ Highly decorated 101 year old former spy, Marthe Cohn who worked behind Nazi lines and helped speed up the end of WWII, and her husband Dr. Major Cohn, both WWII veterans signed, The Log Book Project (TLBP) contributing to this dynamic history project. Nick Devaux from St Lucia turned his father Cyril Devaux’s fighter pilot log-book into a truly unique token of remembrance. By inviting WWII veterans and witnesses around the world to sign and share their first hand accounts, the book has become a living memorial. The log book has become a worldwide remembrance and reconciliation initiative.
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A local group wants to remember five victims of lynching in Anderson County. These are their stories.
Alongside information from the local reconciliation group, the Independent Mail searched newspaper archives to find information about the victims.
Caitlin Herrington, Anderson Independent Mail
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4:59 pm UTC May. 3, 2021
A group of Anderson County residents is working with the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) to remember victims of lynchings in the area.
The five people identified through the project are Edward Sullivan, Elbert Harris, John Laddison, Reuben Elrod and Willis Jackson, according to organizer Stuart Sprague. We would like to memorialize these men who were unjustly taken out, whipped, beaten, hanged, shot with bullets and, in every case, no one was ever held accountable, Sprague said.