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Nyack Sketch Log: Monumental Struggle Over Symbols in America


by Bill Batson
Unending battles over Confederate flags, monuments, and the National Anthem suggest that the issues contested in the Civil War and Civil Rights Movement remain unresolved. A polarized nation expressed its allegiance to different historic narratives, and even different flags, during this last year.
Last summer, demonstrations organized to protest the killing of George Floyd by police in Minnesota, demanded, and, on occasion, facilitated the dismantling of monuments to the Confederacy. By winter, a more furious season of discontent over symbols from our history descended on Washington, DC, when insurrectionists invaded the Capitol, flying the Confederate flag.
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Black History Month Panel Discussion To Honor Unsung Local Hero


Black History Month Panel Discussion To Honor Unsung Local Hero
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2/5/2021
Dan Shalin
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A virtual panel discussion will be held Feb. 25 to honor unsung local hero Dr. Frank Erdman Boston, one of the first African Americans to start a hospital and ambulance corps.
NEWTOWN, PA People in the area may or may not know the name Dr. Frank Erdman Boston, but they should. A WWI veteran, Boston is one of the first African Americans to start both a hospital and ambulance corps, which he did almost 100 years ago. Both still are around today.
At 3 p.m. on Thursday Feb. 25, Boston will be the subject of a virtual panel discussion presented by Bucks County Community College, Bucks County Commissioners and The Boston Legacy Foundation. ....

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