DeKalb's County's Bruce Street School was made before integration to serve as the county's first Black public school building. Now officials want to know how you want this historic site preserved for the future.
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Starting with Park Rx Day on Saturday, April 17, the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area (AMNHA) will participate in National Parks Week, eight days of celebration of different aspects of the National Park System in general and the AMNHA in particular. The week will culminate with a National Junior Ranger Day scavenger hunt on April 24, an outdoor exploration of the nature and history found throughout the National Heritage Area. Sign-up is free, and the first 50 registrants will receive some extra prizes when they check in.
Beginning at the Lithonia Womanâs Club (2564 Wiggins St.), the Junior Ranger Day scavenger hunt will take participants across the National Heritage Area where they will look for clues hidden in the landscape to earn their Junior Ranger Badge. After participants pick up their scavenger hunt materials at the Womanâs Club, they will spend some time in historic downtown Lithonia before heading off across the AMNHA. Sites will include Vaughtersâ Farm