A celebration 150 years in the making

Posted 8/19/20

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A celebration 150 years in the making

Verne Bell listens to the speeches.

Johanna Yaun, Orange County Historian, speaks at the mural dedication at the AME Zion Church.

In addition to the mural by the church there was a second mural made over on Liberty Street by the Foundry. Paint by Pat Nunnari of King Street Signs and funding was provided by Naomi Hersson-Ringskog of the Dept of Small Interventions. They painted over the wall that had been covered with graffiti.

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