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ATHOL On April 2, a ceremony will be held at the Silver Lake Pavilion to honor two area women who founded what is now known as Spelman College, the oldest all-women’s historically Black college or university in the country. The event will take.
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Athol: New Salem natives’ gravesite honored for Founders Day
This pickup was six bags’ full of debris raked up by Priscilla Gaignard of Orange from around the gravesite of Spelman College founders (and New Salem natives) Sophia Packard and Harriet Giles. Contributed photo
An arrangement of silk flowers courtesy of Macmannis Florist and Greenhouses of Athol adorns the gravesite of Spelman College founders Sophia Packard and Harriet Giles at Silver Lake Cemetery in Athol. Contributed photo
Priscilla Gaignard of Orange poses at the Athol gravesite of New Salem natives Sophia Packard and Harriet Giles, founders of Spelman College of Atlanta, Georgia. The silk flowers adorning the gravesite are courtesy of Macmannis Florist and Greenhouses of Athol.