Black History Month Celebration

resting place for much of that history. Working here is a daily exercise in concentration and at least an attempt on my part at getting from Step A to Step B without getting sidelined by my ever-present curiosity about literally everything around me. I think – what’s the story about that piece? Where did that come from? I wonder who the unnamed people are in the photograph, the baby kissing her mother’s cheek, her lips just on the verge of a smile, I wonder what joys they held, what sorrows they met. Who did they become, and where did they go?

I look at black and white photographs of a horse and buggy processing down dirt streets of a business district, and I swear I can hear the clip-clop of hooves, the din of conversation as the shoppers shoulder their way down the sidewalk, feel the grittiness of the dust from the street kicked up in the wake of passing wagons, filled with goods from the general store. Your stories are all around you and we’re here to help you tell them, keep them, and pass them on to your children. Please visit with us, we can’t wait to listen, and give you back your history in a new way.

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