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Babylon Village Historical Society unveils plans for Heroes Fountain By Carolyn James From its charming Victorian and Colonial architecture to its gracious waterfall, to its connection to Guglielmo Marconi, who built a 210-foot antenna in Babylon for his invention, the wireless radio, Babylon Village has a rich history. It is often referred as the place “where history is made.” But Babylon is not only a place
where history is made but a place where history is remembered. The village is home to the statue recognizing the contributions of Robert Moses and another that honors the hundreds of baymen who fished and clammed for generations along Babylon’s waterways. Now, Babylonians have joined to-
IN THE NEWS Wyandanch Memorial High School scholars raise awareness for lupus
Babylon Village Mayor Mary Adams speaks at press conference announcing the Village’s plans to put up a heroes foundain in Hawley‘s Pond, as supporters and officials look on.
Pictured from left, High School teachers Renee Williamson and John Rickenbacker with Wyandanch Memorial High School Principal Paul Sibblies. Wyandanch Memorial High School men Aaliyah Greene felt compelled to scholars came together recently for a do more because of daily challenges of meaningful cause: raising awareness living with lupus. about lupus, a chronic autoimmune “As we were learning about lupus and disease affecting millions worldwide. I was working on my report it became The event brought nearly all students, apparent to me how little I knew about staff and administrators to the track the disease,” said Greene. “I wanted to where they walked for two miles wear- change that so I decided to do more reing purple shirts, the official color for search and write more in order to edulupus awareness. cate myself so that I can better inform This is the fourth year Wyandanch and support others. It was just my way Memorial High School held its lupus of contributing to the cause beyond the walk and for the days leading up to the annual walk.” walk students learned about the disThe annual lupus walk is one of the ease and its impact. Each day informa- many events hosted by Wyandanch tion about lupus was provided during Memorial High School to help foster the morning announcements and in a sense of unity and purpose among health classes scholars were asked to scholars while raising awareness for write reports on the disease. Fresh- important causes.
gether to remember—and honor— the men and women who served on the front lines during the pandemic both in the Village and throughout the country. Working with Northwell Health, the Babylon Village Historical Society will be putting up a “Heroes Fountain” at Hawley’s Pond, located on the west side of Route 231 and Main Street. The structure is designed to honor those essential workers who sacrificed so much, sometimes even their lives, to help their friends and neighbors during the global health crisis. “Today, the Village of Babylon will make history once again as we move forward in a project to honor our heroes…who dedicated themselves, worked selfishly and tirelessly and sacrificed themselves to assist our community through the p a n d e m i c ,” said Babylon Village May-
or Mary Adams at an unveiling ceremony held last week. “We will never know the complete story of all our essential workers —doctors, nurses, fire department volunteers, police, grocers, pharmacists and the list goes on. However, we can honor them and make sure their contributions are never forgotten.” The fountain, which will feature the image of a nurse, is designed and will be constructed by Jose Fernandez, an artist from California who designed the Robert Moses and Baymen’s statues. Its design is a replica of one the village put in on Memorial Day 1897 at the intersection of Deer Park Avenue and Main Street. It was catalogued as a “drinking fountain (Continued on Page 3)