KatieRose Keenan reports on the breakfast last week in this weeks Northeast Times. Read all about it here.
Author: Gil
Frankford home of the week
A nice winter afternoon in Northwood. This beautiful home is on the 1000 block of Wakeling Street.
Next week in Frankford
- Twenty-Third Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Celebration in Frankford.
When-Sun, January 18, 8:30am – 10:30amWhere-St. Joachims Roman Catholic Church, Church and Griscom Streets (map)Description-The doors open at 8:30 a.m. for this unique event which offers Frankford Residents, Neighborhood-based Organizations, Religious Congregations, Small Business Owners, Community Activists and anyone seeking information about improving relations among diverse racial and ethnic groups an opportunity to meet and greet their neighbors. With the theme “Hope eternal: Keeping hope alive”, this celebration will include a free breakfast, Frankford High School ROTC and Choir, Garden Club and Northeast Frankford Boys & Girls Club information, Neighbor of the Year award and more. The Frankford Coalition of Neighbors is a civic organization working to improve relations among the diverse economic, racial and ethnic groups in Frankford, while promoting volunteerism and community coalition. The MLK Celebration is an expression of the Coalition’s mission, which hopes to generate positive social change in order to create a more just, responsive, peaceful and cooperative community for all Frankford residents.
Robert Cornelius and Sigmund Lubin
Who? Well I didn’t know either till I read the facinating story in last week’s Northeast Times about the early history of photography in the Northeast. Thanks to Harry Silcox and Jack McCarthy for this ongoind series. Read it here.
Trivia question
- Do you know who is buried under this headstone?
- Where is it?
- What does “A great scout” mean?
Leave your replay as a comment.