America’s first Black Civil war correspondent was recognized in a ceremony Wednesday afternoon in which the city designated the location of his monument through a wreath-laying ceremony and officially renamed a section of Walnut Street in his honor.
, America’s first Black Civil War correspondent, was recognized in a ceremony Wednesday afternoon in which the city designated the location of his monument through a wreath-laying ceremony and officially renamed a section of Walnut Street in his honor.The dedication took place on what would have been Chester’s 188th birthday.
Williams along with state and county leaders, plus representatives from the Commonwealth Monument Project and Dauphin County Library System, were in attendance to commemorate the legacy of Chester. “The library board of trustees and staff are proud and humbled that the T.Morris Chester Welcome Center now under construction on this very street will service an inspirational and educational connector and keystone to heritage, to discourse and to community,” said Annie Garner, president and board of trustees, of the Dauphin County Library System.
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