Looking for a deep and meaningful cut of Black history and Salem history on Juneteenth? Together with Oregon Black Pioneers and Just Walk, the Mill's organized a three mile walk around Salem sites associated with Albert and Mary Ann Bayless.
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| History walk honoring Juneteenth |
On the day of the walk they'll publish a map, so hopefully it will be possible to make walks independently later also.
They'll visit the Bayless house site in Piety Hill, churches the Bayless family helped fund and worshiped at, and one or more blacksmith shop sites. You may recall from the talk earlier this year that one of them was likely at the site of our new Police Station.
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| Early shop at site of Police Station |
The walk will start from the Mill's parking lot, just north of the train depot, on Mill and 12th, at 10am on Monday, June 19th.
See previously here:
- "Column on Emancipation Celebrations Turns up Lost History and New Names"
- "Notes on Black Churches in the 19th and early 20th Century"
- "Stories of Two Black Churches: Shifts in Tolerance between 1891 and 1911"
- "Black History Quest on Albert and Mary Ann Bayless Fascinating"
Addendum, Sunday the 18th
Here's the map!
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| Map of Bayless family sites |
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(Added the map and link.)
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