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Mar 14 2024
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Champaign African American Heritage Trail adds new sign in Urbana
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Champaign County is adding to its African American Heritage Trail. The 10th sign went up last week on Ellis Drive and Goodwin Avenue in Urbana, recognizing a prominent Champaign physician. The new sign honors Doctor Harry D. Ellis, who was one of the first to provide healthcare services to African-Americans in the community. It also celebrates the Ellis Drive subdivision
WCIAMar 15 2024
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Revo, American Heritage Sunglass Brand, Unveils Its First NYC Flagship
Founded in 1985 by NASA astrophysicist and optical engineer Dr. Mitch Ruda, Revo has been at the forefront of the eyewear industry for over three decades. Driven by a passion for innovation and a commitment to superior eye protection, Revo quickly gained acclaim for its premium performance eyewear. This week, the brand opened its first standalone store in the US in the heart of New York City's
ForbesApr 21 2024
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Mississippi Gov Declares Confederate Heritage Month
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared April 2024 as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, keeping alive a 31-year-old tradition that began in 1993. Beauvoir, the Biloxi museum and historic home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, announced the proclamation in a Facebook post on Friday. Beauvoir is owned and operated by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a neo-Confederate organization
JoeMyGodApr 24 2024
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Rural heritage, modern development merge in Davidsonville, Md.
Davidsonville, Md., is known for its wide-open spaces and rural way of life. At the same time, the Anne Arundel County community is close enough to D.C., Annapolis and Baltimore to attract commuters and city-lovers. It’s also a place of occasional tugs of war between aging farmers who want to sell their land to developers and longtime residents who want to preserve the open landscape, said
Washington PostApr 26 2024
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These 32 sites will help launch N.J.’s Black Heritage Trail
Thirty-two sites in 15 New Jersey counties were recommended by the public as places that highlight the state’s Black history and heritage. The New Jersey Historical Commission voted unanimously earlier this month to approve all 32 sites to receive the first official markers to launch New Jersey’s new Black Heritage Trail, state officials announced Friday. (See full list of sites below.) Gov.
nj.comApr 18 2024
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Prigel Family Farm celebrates a century of agricultural heritage
BALTIMORE — For almost 100 years, Prigel Family Farm has continued to sustain and transform their agricultural heritage. Everything from their creamy ice cream — to their dairy products, they want you to know and experience it all. Mandy Castillo knows the secret to a good ol' milkshake. All the ingredients come from her family farm and creamery at Prigel Family Farm (Bellevale Farm) in the
CBS News (Online)Apr 16 2024
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Newark's Octogon Earthworks are a UNESCO World Heritage Site
A small (155 ft in diameter) circular enclosure located at the southeastern opening into the Octagon is also where the country club put hole #3. The Octagon Earthworks in Newark has become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Moundbuilder's Country Club, an 18-hole golf course, has been leasing the property from the Ohio History Connection. Photographed July 30, 2019. (Columbus Dispatch photo by
The Columbus DispatchApr 20 2024
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Sizzling Scottie Scheffler fires 63, up by 1 at RBC Heritage
Sizzling Scottie Scheffler fires 63, up by 1 at RBC Heritage HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was relentless as ever Saturday with another bogey-free round at the RBC Heritage, an 8-under 63 that gave him a one-shot lead and left him one round from joining some rare company. Not since Bernhard Langer in 1985 has a Masters champion won the following week on the PGA
ABC News (Online)Apr 17 2024
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As the Kentucky Derby turns 150, Black heritage in racing is in the Louisville spotlight
Ten thousand cheering horse racing fans at Kentucky’s Louisville Jockey Club, now called Churchill Downs, marveled as African American jockey Oliver Lewis brought his chestnut colt Aristides neck-and-neck with Volcano on the homestretch, and the pair surged ahead of the pack of lightning-fast thoroughbreds racing on May 17, 1875. They thundered in tandem at such breakneck speed it seemed as if
Chicago Tribune