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CANTON â Hateful graffiti spotted at Heritage Park has been concealed after community members reported it to Grasse River Heritage.
A swastika, the N-word and homophobic slurs were painted on the remnant structure of the James Spears Saw Planing and Shingle Mill on Falls Island. Heritage Park, which encompasses Coakley Island and Falls Island on the Grasse River, is owned and maintained by Grasse River Heritage, a nonprofit collective that honors Cantonâs natural and cultural history in public spaces.
Spray-painted words and images remain on the ruins of the former millâs sawdust bunker and on other fixtures in the park, but most of the graffiti is innocuous. Hearts, love notes and the message âdonât do drugsâ are visible along the half-mile loop through 4
For eight days, Heerman and his crew scoured the river. Logs were removed from cornfields, islands, thickets, creeks and wherever else wind and waves had pushed them. Some were sailing down the river and had to be pursued in skiffs.
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Willard home, and family legacy, endure
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David and Kim Willard stand among a stairwell filled with family photographs in their home, which is the first brick residence ever built by and for a Black family in Beaumont. The two-story home on Gladys Avenue was built by David s great-grandfather Elmo Riley Willard, I, who was born in August of 1867 on the Calder Plantation, where his parents, Riley Elmo Willard and Margaret Willard, were slaves. A placard mounted near the front door lists the home as a Historical Cultural Landmark within the city. Photo taken Thursday, February 11, 2021 Kim Brent/The EnterpriseKim Brent/The EnterpriseShow MoreShow Less