Frederick Douglas
Yesterday, for the first time ever, the annual ‘Freedom Festival’ event was held at the memorial’s new site, at Frederick Douglass Plaza near the corner of South Avenue and Robinson Drive. Previously, the Frederick Douglass monument had been located closer to the Highland Bowl amphitheater. This festival takes place to honor the legacy of Fredrick […]
Richard Glaser started a petition to get Monroe County Executive Adam Bello to change the name of the Rochester Greater International Airport to Frederick Douglas International Airport. When the petition started Monday, its goal was to have 2000 signatures by its completion. 24 hours after it was posted on Facebook, it had reached 1,500. Glaser […]
On Sunday, July 5th the Frederick Douglas statue that was on display at the Maplewood Rose Garden was torn down and vandalized. Officers from the Rochester Police Department reported they found the statue and its pedestal damaged and removed from their base. The statue was found about 50 feet from its pedestal, leaning on the […]
Since 1964, the New York State Thruway has been named after Governor Thomas Dewey. There is currently a bill in the Senate that is expected to have been passed Monday that would rename the freeway after Frederick Douglas. The bill was brought into the Senate in April by Tim Kennedy, the Senate Transportation Committee chairman, […]
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