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Virtual Lecture: Lee Pollock Zoom Meeting

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06 May

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Virtual Lecture: Drew Fulton Zoom Meeting

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13 May

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Virtual Lecture: Dr. Robert Watson Zoom Meeting

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20 May

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Virtual Lecture: James C. Clark Zoom Meeting

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Congratulations to our final winner of this gift b

Congratulations to our final winner of this gift bag full of goodies from @Gardenoflife and more! We love sharing history with our community.

Thank you to everyone who attended our March events, entered the giveaway, or made our March Women’s History Initiative possible with their sponsorship.

Keep up to date with the Historical Society and our PBC History Museum happenings at PBCHistory.org!

The HSPBC Women’s History Initiative presents A

The HSPBC Women’s History Initiative presents A Portrait of Leadership, a Virtual Panel Discussion, on March 31, in celebration of Women’s History Month.

News Anchor Tiffany Kenney of WPBF 25 News will moderate a panel of four local women who make history in leadership roles. They will discuss challenges they have overcome and how gender has shaped their careers. The panel includes:

Verdenia Baker, Palm Beach County Administrator

Evelyn Hopkins, Corporate Counsel, Florida Crystals

Pamela Rauch, Vice President, External Affairs and Economic Development, FPL

Kelly Smallridge, President and CEO, Business Development Board of Palm Beach County

Be sure to register on our website for this FREE event!

Thank you to our Sponsors:

Presenting Sponsors – Loreen Beisswenger Farish Charitable Foundation, Mary Alice
Fortin Foundation, Pat Moran Family Foundation

Champion Corporate Sponsors – FPL, Leeds Custom Design, Scaife Family Foundation

Visionary Corporate Sponsors – Christian Angle Real Estate, Kirchhoff & Associates Architects, Nievera Williams Design, PNC Bank, Sciame Homes, Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority

Victor Sponsors – John Archer, Abby Beebe, Alexandra and Joe Chase, Susan and Christopher Cowie, Frances Fisher, Mary and Mark Freitas, Garden of Life, Sunni Johnson, Colleen Orrico, Pioneer Linens, Kelly Rooney, Tracy Smith, Samantha Storkerson, Rachel Tessoff, Dinyar Wadia

Advocate Sponsors – Brenda Bailey, Laurel Baker (in honor of Rebel Cook), Nancy Brinker, Business Development Board of Palm Beach County, Mark Elhilow, Dorothy Jacks, Lynn and Russell Kelley, Marti LaTour and George Elmore, Gary S. Lesser, Kristy and Grier Pressly, Alice and Cater Randolph

Suffragist Sponsors – Katherine Dickenson, Lisa McDermott-Perez

February is Black History Month! Take time to lear

February is Black History Month! Take time to learn about some of the many African Americans who have helped shaped their home.

Visit our first outdoor exhibit, “City of Hope: Resurrection City and the Poor People’s Campaign.” This timely poster exhibit honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s final and most ambitious vision, that each U.S. citizen have equal access to economic opportunities and the American Dream. It examines the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign—a grassroots, multiracial movement that drew thousands of people to Washington, DC, for 43 days. Demonstrators demanded social reforms while living on the National Mall in a 16-acre tent city known as Resurrection City.

Organized by the Smithsonian and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, "City of Hope" helps contextualize the Poor People’s Campaign’s historical significance and present-day relevance.

The Poor People’s Campaign set the stage for future social justice movements. Within months after Resurrection City’s evacuation, major strides were made toward economic equality in many areas.

This free exhibit is possible only with the support of our community. Our display is sponsored by the Loreen Beisswenger Farish Charitable Foundation, Pat Moran Family Foundation, PNC Bank, Sciame Homes, Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, and West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority.

Visit our website for more information pbchistory.org.

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Baseball great Hank Aaron (1934-2021), who died Fr

Baseball great Hank Aaron (1934-2021), who died Friday, lived in West Palm Beach for many years during retirement. The Braves trained here, starting in 1963, at former Municipal Stadium, where the address became, and remains, Hank Aaron Drive. When he was inducted into the Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame in 2010, Aaron told The Palm Beach Post that here was the first training where his Black and white teammates were not forced to stay in separate hotels.

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The first outdoor exhibit, City of Hope: Resurrect

The first outdoor exhibit, City of Hope: Resurrection City and the Poor People’s Campaign, opened today, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, in front of the museum.

This timely poster exhibit honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s final and most ambitious vision that each U.S. citizen have equal access to economic opportunities and the American dream. It examines the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign—a grassroots, multiracial movement that drew thousands of people to Washington, DC for 43 days. Demonstrators demanded social reforms while living on the National Mall in a 16-acre tent city known as Resurrection City.

This free exhibit is only possible with the support of our community. Our display of City of Hope is sponsored by the Loreen Beisswenger Farish Charitable Foundation, Pat Moran Family Foundation, PNC Bank, Sciame Homes, the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, and the West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority. @pncbank @sciamehomes

We are counting down to the New Year with Historic

We are counting down to the New Year with Historic Holiday Photos. We made it to 2021!

Happy New Year to you and yours! Adrienne Graves, Jim Bernstein, Lynne Friedman, and Huntley Miller made a joyful foursome as they rang in the new year in 1983.

Courtesy HSPBC Palm Beach Post Collection

#winter #holiday #holidaycelebrations #tistheseason #florida #floridawinter #palmbeachcounty #decorations #deckthehalls #history #historicphotos #archive #floridahistory #decembercountdown #2021

We are counting down to the New Year with Historic

We are counting down to the New Year with Historic Holiday Photos. Just 2 days until 2021!

The New Year is almost upon us! How will you celebrate this year? For this 1983 party, guests dressed up in character. John Keddy, who put on a good act as Woody Allen, dances with Celina Klee.

Courtesy HSPBC Palm Beach Post Collection

#winter #holiday #holidaycelebrations #tistheseason #florida #floridawinter #palmbeachcounty #decorations #deckthehalls #history #historicphotos #archive #floridahistory #decembercountdown #2021

We are counting down to the New Year with Historic

We are counting down to the New Year with Historic Holiday Photos--just 2 Days until 2021!

In 1991, Nijah Harris, age 8, lights one of the seven candles that represent the principles of Kwanzaa. The annual celebration of African American culture from December 26 to January 1 was held at the Gaines Park Center in West Palm Beach.

Courtesy HSPBC Palm Beach Post Collection

#winter #holiday #holidaycelebrations #tistheseason #florida #floridawinter #palmbeachcounty #decorations #kwanzaa #history #historicphotos #archive #floridahistory #gainespark #decembercountdown #2021

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