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Homecoming Parade is a picture, with genre photograph. Its dimensions are 5 in. x 7 in..
It was created on Saturday, July 5, 2003.
Scott Orts Photography is the Contributor. Scott Orts is the Creator.
"Follow the North Star – for the Underground Railroad" was the theme for St. John AME Church's Bicentennial Homecoming parade float. Historians have traced routes on the Underground Railroad through Worthington. St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church began as Bethel AME Church in Worthington in 1895. The Church was renamed in 1914 when the church building at 682 Plymouth Street was built.
The people in the photo have been identified as (left to right): Lillian Macer, unknown, Charles Monagan, Alyson Monagan. Macer was one of the first Black teachers at Worthington High School, where she began as a mathematics teacher in the 1970-1971 school year and taught until her retirement in 1986.
It covers the topics teachers, parades and marches, Underground Railroad, African Americans and centennial celebrations.
It features the people Alyson Monagan, Lillian Inez Macer (née Lewis), 1933-2013 and Charles Monagan.
It features the organization St. John African Methodist Episcopal (A. M. E.) Church.
It covers the city Worthington.
You can find the original at Scott Orts Photography.
This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.
The Scott Orts Photography identification code is wmp-136-33. The Worthington Memory identification code is sop0138.
This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on September 17, 2004. It was last updated May 24, 2023.