Oak Bluffs Town Column

July 3, 2019

Richard Lewis Taylor
The traditional Vineyard fireworks started early this year, in two unlikely places.
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June 26, 2019

Richard Lewis Taylor
The Ascot racetrack just outside of London was founded by Queen Anne in 1711 and hosts the Royal Ascot races every June, which is attended by the Queen.
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June 20, 2019

Richard Lewis Taylor
It started last summer when the grandchildren of Mildred and J. Curtis Joyner sold lemonade in front of their cottage near the Oak Bluffs Library.
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June 13, 2019

Richard Lewis Taylor
The Vineyard, Boston, her native Washington D.C. and the world of history and academia is celebrating the life and mourning the loss of Dr. Adelaide Cromwell (1919-2019).
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June 5, 2019

Richard Lewis Taylor
On Saturday over 300 people gathered at the Tabernacle to pay respects to Joseph G. Parham, who died earlier this year at the age of 69.
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May 29, 2019

Richard Lewis Taylor
May and June of each year witness a range of graduations that represent the culmination of hard work by students, parents and grandparents.
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May 23, 2019

Richard Lewis Taylor
Three weeks after the confederate surrender more than 1,000 recently freed slaves, several white Charlestonians and members of the Massachusetts 54th Infantry gathered to consecrate a proper burial by singing songs, distributing flowers and giving readings.
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March 21, 2019

Richard Lewis Tayor
The League of Women Voters is sponsoring a forum for local candidates from Oak Bluffs on Thursday, March 28 at 7 p.m. to be held at the Oak Bluffs Library.
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February 28, 2019

Richard Lewis Taylor
The Martha’s Vineyard Chapter of Association for the Study of African American History (ASALH) is one of many across the country that are celebrating the 2019 theme of Black Migration and recognizing the 400th anniversary of the 1619 arrival of the first slave ships to America that moored in Jamestown, Va.
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