History of Becker College, dating to 1784 (Leicester Academy)
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The earliest documented presence of female students at the Academy is found in the diaries of student Ruth Henshaw, who would become early 19th-century portrait artist Ruth Henshaw Miles Bascom.
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John Barton of Nova Scotia and Horace Dickenson of Montreal become the first-known international students at Leicester Academy.
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First perfect game in Major League Baseball is pitched by J. Lee Richmond of the Worcester Worcesters at the Worcester Agricultural Fairgrounds, now the Weller Academic Center quad on the Worcester campus.
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Elliott P. Joslin, the first doctor in the United States to specialize in diabetes and the founder of today’s Joslin Diabetes Center, graduates.
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The Great Dismal Swamp once covered more than a million acres between northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia.
Between 1620 and the time of the Civil War, the swamp served as a thriving refuge for runaway slaves who chose to build their lives in freedom no matter the conditions. You have venomous snakes, biting insects and flies, a thick cover of greenbrier, Chris Lowie, Manager of the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, told CBN News. A great place as a refuge for wildlife but not as much a great place for refuge for people. Start Your Day with CBN News QuickStart!!! Go here to sign up for QuickStart and other
Jackson Train Station Up For National Historic Recognition
As someone born and raised in Jackson, the train station has always held some major significance. I even, like many of us who grew up in the area, got my senior pictures taken there in high school. However, as iconic as the train station is to Jackson residents, it actually has more historical significance than many of us first realized.
There is already so much history behind the 150-year-old Amtrak station and according to MLive it has long been credited for its role in developing the city’s economy.
Now, though, MLive reports this Black History Month historians in Jackson want to add the iconic train station to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, run by the National Park Service.
Chickamauga And Chattanooga National Military Park And The Underground Railroad Network To Freedom Tuesday, February 23, 2021
The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park officially became part of the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom in 2020. The National Park Service operates a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program to coordinate preservation and education efforts nationwide and integrate local historical places, museums, and interpretive programs associated with the Underground Railroad into a mosaic of community, regional, and national stories. Several of the national military park’s units and outlying areas met the criteria, and after months of research and documenting the historic connections to the Underground Railroad, the park was accepted as part of the Network to Freedom.
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